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Home to three famous rockhounding areas. Topaz Mountain, Dugway geode
beds, and the Tintic mining district.
Popular Locations
| Location: | Drum Mountains |
| Rock: |
agate |
| Land Status: | BLM |
| Directions: | Take highway 174 west beginning about 10 miles northeast of Delta on highway 6. Take 174 for 35.2 miles to a dirt road on the left. There are three dirt roads here fairly close together. One at 31.3 and 33.4 miles and one at 35.2. The third is the road you want. Take this road south for 1.3 miles and you will see a black lava flow on the left. Just before this flow a dirt track goes to the right up the hill with the agate. |
| GPS: | 39°37'59"N - 113°01'47"W (estimate) |
| Location: | Dugway Geode Beds |
| Rock: |
geodes |
| Land Status: | BLM. |
| Directions: | Take the Pony Express Road off Utah highway 36 near Vernon and continue over Lookout Pass, past Simpson Springs, and across Dugway Pass. 6 miles beyond the pass is the turnoff to the geode beds and it is marked by a BLM sign. |
| GPS: | 39°53'40"N - 113°08'15"W |
| Location: | Eureka Area |
| Rock: |
agate |
| Land Status: | BLM. |
| Directions: | From the high school in Eureka, go east on highway 6 for 3 miles. Take an umarked road to the north and go through the gate. 0.7 mile from the gate another road leads to the left. Take this road for 0.3 mile where it begins to make a horseshoe shaped turn. Midway through the turn a track leads up a steep hill to a power line. That is where you want to be. |
| GPS: | 39°58'54"N - 112°03'52"W |
| Location: | Levan Area |
| Rock: |
black agate |
| Land Status: | BLM and private lands. |
| Directions: | Approximately 13 miles south of Levan on U-28, a dirt road turns east toward the San Pitch Mountains. Drive east on this road about 0.75 mile and search in this area. |
| GPS: | 39°25'15"N - 111°54'32"W (estimate) |
| Location: | Nebo Scenic Loop |
| Minerals: |
calcite |
| Rock: | onyx |
| Land Status: | National Forest. |
| Directions: | Drive east on Utah highway 132 out of Nephi for 6 miles to a junction that has a sign indicating Mt. Nebo Scenic Loop. Turn north at the sign and continue for 3.3 miles to an intersection with a dirt road going right. At the junction is a sign "Payson Lake 21, Payson 34". Continue past the junction for 0.2 mile at which point an unimproved 4WD road goes to the left, crosses the creek and goes up to the quarry. |
| GPS: | 39°45'49"N - 111°42'46"W |
| Location: | Nephi Area |
| Fossils: |
petrified palm |
| Land Status: | BLM |
| Directions: | From I-15 exit 225 in Nephi, take highway 132 west for 12.8 miles and take an unmarked road to the left. At 4.5 miles from the highway, you will reach a fork. Take the left fork. At 7.4 miles keep left at a second fork. At 9.9 miles there is a small pump house on the right. Just before the pump house a track goes up the hill to the left. It is about 1.1 miles up this road to the collecting area. HCV recommended. |
| GPS: | 39°35'02"N - 112°01'03"W (estimate) |
| Location: | Silver City |
| Minerals: |
pyrite, enargite |
| Land Status: | Mining claims. |
| Directions: | Take Utah highway 67 south from Eureka and wath for the sign for Mammoth and then Silver City. |
| GPS: | 39°54'35"N - 112°07'46"W |
| Location: | Topaz Mountain |
| Minerals: |
topaz, red beryl, bixbyite, pseudobrookite, hematite, garnet, amethyst, ilmenite, fluorite, calcite, cassiterite, durangite |
| Rock: | chalcedony |
| Land Status: | BLM |
| Directions: | Take highway 174 west beginning about 10 miles northeast of Delta on highway 6. Take 174 for 37.5 miles to a marked road on the right leading to Topaz Mountain and the area known as the amphitheatre. |
| GPS: | 39°41'44"N - 113°05'50"W |
Mine Index
| Mine Name: | General Location: | GPS: | Minerals: |
| Queen Of Sheba Mine | Deep Creek Mountains | 39°48'12"N - 113°57'36"W | Albite, Azurite, Beryl, Biotite, Galena, Garnet Group, Gold, Limonite, Muscovite, Orthoclase, Pyromorphite, Quartz, Tourmaline Group |
| Trout Creek Mine | Deep Creek Mountains | 39°44'56"N - 113°51'55"W | Beryl, Fluorite, Psilomelane, Scheelite, Sphalerite |
| Water Canyon Mine | Deep Creek Mountains | 39°43'49"N - 114°01'07"W | Azurite, Malachite |
| Miller Mine | Deseret Mountain | 39°46'59"N - 112°38'29"W | Cerussite, Galena, Quartz |
| Rockwell Shaft | Deseret Mountain | 39°45'17"N - 112°38'49"W | Baryte, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite |
| Black Boy Mine | Drum Mountains | 39°34'10"N - 113°02'02"W | Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Rhodochrosite |
| Ibex Mine | Drum Mountains | 39°33'33"N - 113°01'57"W | Azurite, Bismutite, Chalcedony, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite,
Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz var: Jasper |
| Ajax Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°55'37"N - 112°06'45"W | Aragonite, Chalcophyllite, Enargite, Mixite,
Tyrolite |
| Beck Tunnel Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°56'37"N - 112°05'38"W | Cerussite, Galena, Quartz var: Jasper |
| Black Dragon Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°55'14"N - 112°06'13"W | Galena, Limonite, Pyrite |
| Boss Tweed Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°55'24"N - 112°06'13"W | Azurite, Baryte, Bismite, Bismuth, Bismutite,
Brochantite, Calamine, Cuprite, Malachite, Mixite |
| Bullion Beck Group | East Tintic Mountains | 39°56'36"N - 112°05'41"W | Anglesite, Aurichalcite, Azurite, Calamine, Cerussite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Pearceite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite |
| Centennial Eureka | East Tintic Mountains | 39°56'37"N - 112°07'21"W | Acanthite, Adamite, Antlerite, Arsenocrandallite,
Arsenogoyazite, Aurichalcite, Azurite, Barium-Pharmacosiderite, Baryte, Beudantite, Bindheimite, Brochantite, Bromargyrite, Calcite, Carminite, Cerussite, Cesbronite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chenevixite, Chlorargyrite, Chrysocolla, Clinoclase, Colusite, Conichalcite, Connellite, Copper, Cornubite, Cornwallite, Coronadite, Covellite, Cuprite, Dolomite, Duftite, Dugganite, Enargite, Frankhawthorneite, Galena, Gartrellite, Goethite, Gold, Goldfieldite, Hematite, Hemimorphite, Hinsdalite, Jalpaite, Jarosite, Jensenite, Juabite, Leisingite, Malachite, Marcasite, Mcalpineite, Metazeunerite, Mimetite, Minrecordite, Mixite, Olivenite, Philipsburgite, Plattnerite, Plumbojarosite, Polybasite, Posnjakite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Quetzalcoatlite, Rosasite, Scorodite, Segnitite, Silver, Strashimirite, Svanbergite, Tenorite, Tetrahedrite, ,Yhometzekite, Tsumcorite, Tyrolite, Utahite, Wurtzite, Xocomecatlite, Zeunerite |
| Chief Consolidated | East Tintic Mountains | 39°45'24"N - 112°07'01"W | Cerussite, Chlorargyrite, Enargite, Galena, Huntite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Quartz var: Jasper, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite |
| Colorado Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°56'11"N - 112°05'43"W | Calamine, Cerussite, Galena, Geocronite, Jarosite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite |
| Dragon Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°55'02"N - 112°06'18"W | Allophane, Alunite, Calcite, Chrysocolla,
Dolomite, Galena, Gibbsite, Gypsum, Halloysite, Hematite, Illite,
Jarosite, Kaolinite var: Anauxite, Limonite, Montmorillonite, Nontronite, Pyrite, Siderite |
| Eagle Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°56'48"N - 112°06'58"W | Alunite, Anglesite, Bismite, Bismoclite, Bismutite, Cerussite, Chlorargyrite, Daubréeite, Enargite, Galena, Jarosite, Quartz var: Jasper, Smithsonite |
| Emerald Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°55'55"N - 112°07'09"W | Bismuth, Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Psilomelane, Wad |
| Eureka Hill Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°56'52"N - 112°07'17"W | Anglesite, Baryte, Brochantite, Cerussite,
Clinomimetite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Hydronium jarosite, Leadhillite,
Natrojarosite, Olivenite, Phosgenite, Pyromorphite, Sphalerite |
| Gemini Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°57'12"N - 112°07'28"W | Anglesite, Aurichalcite, Azurite, Calamine, Cerussite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Heulandite, Hydrozincite, Malachite, Marcasite, Pearceite, Quartz var: Jasper, Silver, Smithsonite |
| Godiva Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°57'06"N - 112°06'08"W | Anglesite, Cerussite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Minium, Smithsonite |
| Gold Chain Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°55'42"N - 112°06'42"W | Azurite, Baryte, Beudantite, Brochantite,
Carminite, Chlorargyrite, Clinoclase, Conichalcite, Enargite, Gold,
Jarosite, Juabite, Lavendulan, Malachite, Mcalpineite, Mixite, Olivenite,
Parnauite, Pharmacosiderite, Pyrite, Scorodite, Tyrolite, Volborthite |
| Grand Central Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°56'12"N - 112°06'54"W | Baryte, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Connellite, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Limonite, Quartz var: Jasper, Silver, Spangolite |
| Homestake Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°57'15"N - 112°07'10"W | Enargite, Galena |
| Humbug Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°56'34"N - 112°06'14"W | Anglesite, Cerussite, Galena, Stephanite |
| Iron Blossom Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°55'26"N - 112°06'02"W | Adamite, Aragonite, Aurichalcite, Azurite, Baryte, Calcite, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Quartz var: Jasper, Sphalerite |
| Mammoth Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°55'56"N - 112°06'45"W | Acanthite, Arsenobismite, Arsenogoyazite, Arthurite, Atelestite, Azurite, Baryte, Bindheimite, Bismuthinite, Brochantite, Calcite, Cerussite, Chalcophyllite, Chlorargyrite, Clinoclase, Conichalcite, Connellite, Cornwallite, Cyanotrichite, Devilline, Enargite, Famatinite, Galena, Gold, Gypsum, Hemimorphite, Jarosite, Langite, Limonite, Malachite, Metazeunerite, Mixite, Olivenite, Parnauite, Pharmacosiderite, Preisingerite, Pyromorphite, Rosasite, Scorodite, Silver, Strashimirite, Tsumcorite, Tyrolite |
| Mayday Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°57'02"N - 112°06'07"W | Aurichalcite, Calamine, Galena, Gold, Hydrozincite, Smithsonite |
| New Bullion Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 40°00'06"N - 112°13'03"W | Smithsonite |
| Shoebridge Bonanza | East Tintic Mountains | 39°53'42"N - 112°05'51"W | Enargite, Galena |
| Sioux Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°55'55"N - 112°05'47"W | Azurite, Dolomite, Enargite, Galena, Malachite, Quartz |
| Sunbeam Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°54'33"N - 112°06'44"W | Anglesite, Cerussite, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite |
| Swansea Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°54'51"N - 112°07'58"W | Anglesite, Arsenopyrite, Baryte, Cerussite, Enargite, Galena, Marcasite, Melanterite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tenorite |
| Tintic Prince | East Tintic Mountains | 39°59'50"N - 112°10'47"W | Galena, Pyrite, Quartz var: Jasper |
| Victoria Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°56'40"N - 112°06'53"W | Ankerite, Bismutite, Calamine, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Manganite, Quartz var: Jasper |
| Yankee Mine | East Tintic Mountains | 39°56'52"N - 112°05'52"W | Aurichalcite, Smithsonite |
| Emma Mine | Fish Springs Mountains | 39°51'09"N - 113°27'17"W | Anglesite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Covellite, Fluorite, Galena, Limonite, Magnesite, Plumbojarosite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Galena Mine | Fish Springs Mountains | 39°51'25"N - 113°27'32"W | Anglesite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Covellite, Fluorite, Galena, Limonite, Magnesite, Plumbojarosite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Utah Mine | Fish Springs Mountains | 39°51'24"N - 113°27'23"W | Anglesite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Covellite, Fluorite, Galena, Limonite, Magnesite, Plumbojarosite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Spider Mine | Honeycomb Hills | 39°42'41"N - 113°35'14"W | Autunite, Boltwoodite, Ralstonite, , Saléeite, Sklodowskite, Soddyite, Thomsenolite, Tridymite |
| Bell Hill Mine | Spor Mountain | 39°41'57"N - 113°10'29"W | Carnotite, Chalcedony, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Hematite, Magnetite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Quartz |
| Blowout Mine | Spor Mountain | 39°45'31"N - 113°11'51"W | Carnotite, Fluorite, Montmorillonite, Quartz |
| Blue Chalk Mine | Spor Mountain | 39°42'21"N - 113°11'37"W | Bertrandite, Chalcedony, Clinoptilolite, Fluorite, Montmorillonite |
| Fluorine Queen | Spor Mountain | 39°44'25"N - 113°10'41"W | Carnotite, Chalcedony, Fluorite, Montmorillonite, Pyrolusite |
| Fluro Mine | Spor Mountain | 39°42'10"N - 113°13'14"W | Bertrandite, Chalcedony, Clinoptilolite, Fluorite, Montmorillonite |
| Hilltop Mine | Spor Mountain | 39°45'52"N - 113°11'56"W | Carnotite, Fluorite, Quartz |
| Lost Sheep Mine | Spor Mountain | 39°45'39"N - 113°11'47"W | Carnotite, Chalcedony, Fluorite, Quartz |
| Oversight Mine | Spor Mountain | 39°45'55"N - 113°11'57"W | Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz |
| Tarus Mine | Spor Mountain | 39°43'48"N - 113°13'09"W | Bertrandite, Chalcedony, Clinoptilolite, Fluorite, Montmorillonite |
| Thursday Mine | Spor Mountain | 39°45'08"N - 113°11'45"W | Calcite, Fluorite |
| Autunite Claim | Thomas Range | 39°41'50"N - 113°04'40"W | Calcite, Chalcedony, Fluorite, Opal, Quartz,
Sanidine, Weeksite |
| Eagles Nest Mine | Thomas Range | 39°47'32"N - 113°11'09"W | Quartz, Thorite, Zircon |
| Yellow Chief Mine | Thomas Range | 39°44'22"N - 113°08'57"W | Fluorite, Schröckingerite, Uranophane, Weeksite |
| Privateer Mine | Wasatch Mountains | 39°51'51"N - 111°46'06"W | Acanthite, Baryte, Calamine, Cerussite, Cuprite, Dolomite, Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite |
| 88 Mine | West Tintic Mountains | 39°49'37"N - 112°24'00"W | Anglesite, Baryte, Cerussite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Galena |
| Iron King Mine | West Tintic Mountains | 39°50'19"N - 112°24'30"W | Andradite, Clinozoisite, Epidote, Grossular,
Hematite var: Specularite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Scheelite |
| Pyramid Mine | West Tintic Mountains | 39°49'40"N - 112°22'51"W | Baryte, Galena, Limonite, Malachite |
| Scotia Mine | West Tintic Mountains | 39°50'31"N - 112°23'25"W | Anglesite, Arsenopyrite, Azurite, Baryte, Bindheimite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Conichalcite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Jamesonite, Limonite, Linarite, Malachite, Olivenite, Pharmacosiderite, Pyrite, Scorodite, Sphalerite |
| Tintic Western Mine | West Tintic Mountains | 39°50'13"N - 112°24'24"W | Actinolite, Andradite, Azurite, Calcite,
Chalcopyrite, Chlorite Group, Chrysocolla, Clinozoisite, Epidote, Grossular, Hematite var: Specularite, Limonite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Quartz, Scheelite, Stibnite |
| War Eagle Mine | West Tintic Mountains | 39°50'18"N - 112°24'15"W | Anglesite, Aurichalcite, Baryte, Bindheimite,
Calcite, Cerussite, Chalcedony, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Hematite var: Specularite, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Wad |