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Found alongside
Pyrite
Mohs 6–6.5. Brassy “fool’s gold,” often cubic. Mindat
991 sites
Copper
Mohs 2.5–3. Native copper is soft and turns green as it weathers. Mindat
658 sites
Silver
Mohs 2.5–3. Native silver tarnishes black. Mindat
536 sites
Gold
Mohs 2.5–3. Soft, heavy and bright yellow; it doesn’t tarnish. Mindat
438 sites
Galena
Mohs 2.5–2.75. Heavy, silvery lead ore that breaks into cubes. Mindat
433 sites
Quartz
Mohs 7. Six-sided points; smoky quartz is NH’s state gem. Mindat
426 sites
Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.
By county
Tooele County (235) · Salt Lake County (131) · San Juan County (85) · Juab County (72) · Beaver County (64) · Utah County (52) · Emery County (48) · Box Elder County (44) · Garfield County (44) · Summit County (42) · Iron County (33) · Grand County (29) · Piute County (27) · Wasatch County (19) · Washington County (19) · Millard County (13) · Sevier County (9) · Davis County (7) · Wayne County (5) · Morgan County (4) · Cache County (2) · Daggett County (2) · Rich County (2) · Weber County (1) · Uintah County (1) · Duchesne County (1)
Sites (first 60)
| Site | Commodity | Minerals recorded | Status | Approx. location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Hill Mine | Copper, Silver, Lead | Adamite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 40.161, -113.806 |
| Yellow Jacket Prospect | Aluminum | Alunite | Past Producer | 38.535, -112.209 |
| Mineral Products - Bradburn Deposit | Potassium, Aluminum | Alunite | Past Producer | 38.373, -112.320 |
| Yellow Jacket Deposit | Aluminum | Alunite | Past Producer | 38.535, -112.209 |
| Winkelman Group | Aluminum, Potassium | Alunite, Chalcopyrite, Torbernite | Past Producer | 38.494, -112.293 |
| Sheeprock Mine | Potassium, Aluminum, Gold | Alunite, Gold | Past Producer | 38.381, -112.569 |
| House Range Deposits | Tungsten, Molybdenum, Sulfur-Pyrite | Andradite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite | Past Producer | 39.200, -113.401 |
| Cave Mine Group | Lead, Zinc, Tungsten | Anglesite, Argentite, Aurichalcite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Scheelite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 38.389, -112.927 |
| Copper Apex Tunnel | Copper, Lead, Silver | Anglesite, Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite | Producer | 40.619, -111.561 |
| Crystal-Elgin Inclines | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Anglesite, Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Scheelite, Sphalerite | Producer | 40.620, -111.559 |
| Michigan-Utah Mine | Silver, Lead | Anglesite, Argentite, Calamine, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Jamesonite, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite, Wulfenite | Past Producer | 40.599, -111.607 |
| Burgin No 1 and No 2 Shaft | Silver, Lead, Gold | Anglesite, Argentite, Cerussite, Galena, Pyromorphite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 39.950, -112.046 |
| Scottish Chief Mine | Lead, Silver | Anglesite, Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Gold, Malachite | Producer | 40.623, -111.569 |
| Solitude Tunnel | Silver, Lead | Anglesite, Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Wad | Past Producer | 40.604, -111.602 |
| Lincoln Mine Group | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Anglesite, Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 38.272, -112.888 |
| Honorine Mine | Silver, Lead | Anglesite, Aurichalcite, Beudantite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Jarosite, Limonite, Malachite, Mimetite, Plumbojarosite, Pyrite, Pyromorphite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 40.458, -112.345 |
| Galena Mine | Lead, Silver | Anglesite, Aurichalcite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Hydrozincite, Limonite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Willemite, Wulfenite | Past Producer | 39.857, -113.459 |
| War Eagle Claims | Lead | Anglesite, Aurichalcite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Hemimorphite, Limonite, Smithsonite | Past Producer | 39.838, -112.404 |
| Silver King Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Anglesite, Bindheimite, Brochantite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Gold, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | Past Producer | 40.632, -111.513 |
| Alliance Tunnel | Silver, Lead | Anglesite, Bindheimite, Cerussite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | Past Producer | 40.626, -111.505 |
| Scottia Mine | Silver, Lead | Anglesite, Bindheimite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Jamesonite, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 39.841, -112.393 |
| Crescent Tunnel | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Anglesite, Bindheimite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | Past Producer | 40.627, -111.537 |
| Three Kings Shaft | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Anglesite, Bindheimite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | Past Producer | 40.649, -111.511 |
| Spiro Tunnel | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Anglesite, Bindheimite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | Past Producer | 40.659, -111.518 |
| North Lily Mine | Silver, Lead | Anglesite, Bismuthinite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tennantite | Past Producer | 39.959, -112.071 |
| Old Jordan Mine 1863 | Silver, Lead | Anglesite, Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Gold, Limonite, Malachite, Tenorite | Past Producer | 40.510, -112.152 |
| Mascotte Tunnel | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver | Anglesite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite | Occurrence | 40.527, -112.097 |
| Trixie Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead | Anglesite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Hemimorphite, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite | Producer | 39.932, -112.067 |
| Yosemite Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver | Anglesite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 40.512, -112.114 |
| Butterfield S. Mines | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper | Anglesite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 40.506, -112.107 |
| Castro Gulch Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Anglesite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 40.499, -112.109 |
| Rube Gold Mine | Gold | Anglesite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 40.181, -113.811 |
| New Baltimore Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold | Anglesite, Cerussite, Galena, Malachite, Mimetite, Plumbojarosite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 40.136, -113.799 |
| Fortuna | Copper, Lead | Anglesite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite | Past Producer | 40.528, -112.130 |
| Moscow Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Hemimorphite, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 38.343, -113.151 |
| Scottish Chief Mine | Silver, Lead | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Pyromorphite, Silver | Past Producer | 40.623, -111.569 |
| Saints Rest Gulch Ne Mines | Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena | Past Producer | 40.509, -112.109 |
| Tecoma Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Iron | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Limonite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite | Past Producer | 41.248, -114.041 |
| Tecoma Hill No. 15 Mine | Lead, Zinc | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Hemimorphite, Plumbojarosite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite | Past Producer | 41.247, -114.037 |
| Muerbrook Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 40.465, -112.344 |
| Comstock Mine | Lead, Silver | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 40.623, -111.542 |
| Quincy Shaft | Silver, Lead | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | Past Producer | 40.613, -111.509 |
| Daly West Mine | Lead, Silver | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | Past Producer | 40.615, -111.511 |
| Daly West & Daly Judge Area | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jamesonite, Malachite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | Past Producer | 40.616, -111.512 |
| Red Warrior Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 38.348, -113.149 |
| Resurrection Mine | Lead, Silver | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite | Past Producer | 39.842, -112.397 |
| Cash Boy Mine | Silver, Lead | Anglesite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Jarosite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 40.145, -113.779 |
| Little Bell Shaft | Silver, Lead | Anglesite, Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | Past Producer | 40.611, -111.509 |
| Silver Hill Mine | Silver, Lead | Anglesite, Galena | Past Producer | 40.217, -113.839 |
| Charleston Creek Mines | Lead, Silver | Anglesite, Galena | Past Producer | 41.930, -113.538 |
| Anchor Tunnel Portal | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Anglesite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | Past Producer | 40.626, -111.505 |
| Mid Star Prospect | Lead, Silver | Anglesite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 38.396, -113.096 |
| Red Jacket Mine | Silver, Lead | Anglesite, Galena, Mimetite, Plumbojarosite, Pyrite, Wulfenite | Past Producer | 40.101, -113.811 |
| Red Jacket Mine | Lead, Silver | Anglesite, Galena, Plumbojarosite, Wulfenite | Producer | 40.099, -113.810 |
| East Elephant Prospects | Lead | Anglesite, Malachite, Smithsonite | Past Producer | 38.347, -113.121 |
| Rocky Pass Lead-Silver | — | Anglesite, Scheelite | Occurrence | 41.517, -113.746 |
| Happy Jack Mine (White Canyon area) | Uranium | Antlerite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Malachite, Pitchblende, Uraninite, Zippeite | Past Producer | 37.753, -110.293 |
| Markey Mine | Uranium, Copper | Antlerite, Chalcopyrite | Producer | 37.549, -110.301 |
| Reaper Claims | Tungsten | Apatite, Bertrandite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Scheelite, Tetrahedrite | Producer | 40.116, -113.821 |
| Miller Scheelite Claims Mine | Beryllium | Apatite, Beryl, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Helvite, Magnetite, Sphalerite, Thulite | Past Producer | 38.361, -112.777 |
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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.
Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.
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