Rockhounding in Genesee County, NY: 14 USGS Mineral Sites (2026)

Check access before you go. Most sites listed here are old mines, quarries or prospects, and many are on private land or active mining claims. Get the landowner's permission, check the rules of the agency that manages any public land, and never enter mine workings. Locations are approximate.

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Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown

12 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 1 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

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Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

Unknown

Status not recorded.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Salt 13

Sites

Site	Commodity	Minerals recorded	Status	Approx. location
Lehigh Salt Shaft	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.951, -78.013
Unnamed Salt Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.490, -78.189
C.H.Ivison No.1 Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.948, -78.043
Salt Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.929, -78.024
C.Davis No.1 Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.933, -77.948
A.Partridge No.1 Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.886, -78.075
W.J.Cook No.1 Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.936, -77.973
Wm.Smead No.2 Well	Salt	—	Unknown	42.900, -78.070
J.Martin No.1 Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.881, -77.979
A.Partridge No.2 Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.887, -78.089
C.Johnson No.1 Well	Salt	—	Unknown	42.875, -77.965
Charles Chick Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.874, -78.329
G.H.Beaver No.1 Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.892, -78.180
Creek Road Pit	—	—	Past Producer	42.981, -78.166

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 48 fossil collection records in Genesee County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Wyoming County · Livingston County · Orleans County · Monroe County · Ontario County

New York mineral guides

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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.

Updated October 2026

Rockhounding in Genesee County, New York