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The majority of this area is made up of Cretaceous and Paleozoic sedimentary
rocks.
Popular Locations
| Location: | Riley Canyon |
| Fossils: |
horn coral |
| Land Status: | National Forest and mining claims. |
| Directions: | From Kamas take Utah highway 150 for 3 miles and turn right at the Willow Springs trout farm. Follow this road to Hintze Drive and turn right through the metal gate. Stay to the right at the fork and proceed to the digging area on up the mountain. 4WD or HCV needed. |
| GPS: |
| Location: | Chalk Creek Area |
| Fossils: |
plants |
| Land Status: | Highway right-of-way |
| Directions: | Go 8.2 miles east of Coalville on Utah highway 133 to a long roadcut at the top of the hill. The roadcut is on the north side of the road and a wide parking area is on the south. The fossils occur in a horizon just below the obvious sandstone layer. |
| GPS: | 40°57'03"N - 111°16'11"W (approx.) |
| Location: | Silver Creek Summit Area |
| Fossils: |
petrified wood |
| Land Status: | Private lands |
| Directions: | From the junction of I-80 and U.S. 40 east of Salt Lake, head south on U.S. 40 for 0.5 mile to exit 2. Go east for 0.1 mile to a dirt road on the left marked as Silver Summit County Waste Water Treatment Plant. Follow this road for 0.3 mile to an unmarked track on the right. Follow this for 0.4 mile to the mouth of a small wash. Park here. There is alot of development in this area and it may or may not be open to collecting for very long. |
| GPS: | 40°43'41"N - 111°29'08"W (approx.) |
Mine Index
| Mine Name: | General Location: | GPS: | Minerals: |
| American Flag Shaft | Wasatch Mountains | 40°37'41"N - 111°30'03"W | Galena, Tetrahedrite |
| Anchor Mine | Wasatch Mountains | 40°36'46"N - 111°31'13"W | Tetrahedrite |
| California Mine | Wasatch Mountains | 40°37'19"N - 111°32'28"W | Galena, Jamesonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Comstock Mine | Wasatch Mountains | 40°37'23"N - 111°32'33"W | Anglesite, Cerussite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Creole Tunnel | Wasatch Mountains | 40°38'45"N - 111°30'06"W | Cerussite, Galena |
| Daly West Mine | Wasatch Mountains | 40°36'55"N - 111°30'42"W | Acanthite, Azurite, Bournonite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Zinkenite |
| Daly Judge | Wasatch Mountains | 40°37'34"N - 111°30'13"W | Alisonite, Azurite, Bayldonite, Bournonite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| Jupiter Mine | Wasatch Mountains | 40°36'50"N - 111°32'45"W | Azurite, Cerussite, Galena, Garnet Group, Hematite var: Specularite, Malachite, Quartz |
| Little Bell Mine | Wasatch Mountains | 40°36'39"N - 111°30'32"W | Anglesite, Cerussite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Galena |
| Nail Driver Mine | Wasatch Mountains | 40°36'54"N - 111°29'19"W | Anglesite, Cerussite, Galena, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrolusite |
| New York Mine | Wasatch Mountains | 40°36'55"N - 111°29'25"W | Azurite, Cerussite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite |
| Ontario Mine | Wasatch Mountains | 40°37'21"N - 111°29'49"W | Anglesite, Azurite, Bornite, Cerussite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Serpentine Group, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| Park City Consolidated | Wasatch Mountains | 40°38'14"N - 111°28'37"W | Boulangerite, Calaverite, Covellite, Dolomite, Pyrargyrite |
| Quincy Mine | Wasatch Mountains | 40°36'47"N - 111°30'33"W | Hemimorphite |
| Silver King Consolidated | Wasatch Mountains | 40°38'03"N - 111°31'19"W | Azurite, Galena, Malachite, Quartz, Sericite, Tetrahedrite, Wulfenite |
| Silver King Mine | Wasatch Mountains | 40°37'54"N - 111°30'46"W | Anglesite, Azurite, Bindheimite, Bournonite, Brochantite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Galena, Geocronite, Gold, Limonite, Linarite, Malachite, Metastibnite, Olivenite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Sericite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite |
| Wabash Mine | Wasatch Mountains | 40°37'07"N - 111°29'28"W | Chalcopyrite, Gypsum, Pyrite |