Rockhounding in Wyoming County, NY: 31 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

26 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 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

Brine 2

Commodities

Salt 29Bromine 2

Sites

Site	Commodity	Minerals recorded	Status	Approx. location
Middlebury Brinefield	Bromine	Brine	Past Producer	42.833, -78.176
Silver Springs Plant	Bromine	Brine	Past Producer	42.662, -78.080
J.B.Murphy No.1 Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.862, -77.961
Perry Salt Co.Salt Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.716, -78.005
Morton Salt/ Silver Springs Plant	Salt	—	Unknown	42.659, -78.081
C.W.Jeffries No.1 Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.858, -78.035
J.Harding No.1 Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.635, -78.043
Duncan Salt Co.Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.656, -78.078
Castile Salt Co.Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.630, -78.053
K.R.Wilson No.1 Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.531, -78.423
M.Chase No.1 Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.839, -78.167
K.Davis No.1 Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.792, -77.977
A.Kerr Bros.& Co.Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.680, -78.114
Moulton Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.838, -78.059
Salt Vale No.1 Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.787, -78.109
Wm.J.Armstrong No.1 Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.846, -77.970
J.Mattison Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.818, -78.307
L.C.Wilkie Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.858, -78.295
J.Q.Adams No.1 Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.866, -78.127
Miller Salt Co.Salt Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.762, -78.124
W.A.Hawley No.1 Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.812, -78.089
F.Fagan No.1 Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.821, -77.984
Morton Salt Co.Salt Well No.13.	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.656, -78.069
Middlebury Brinefield	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.833, -78.176
Gainesville Salt Co.Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.638, -78.127
J.Broughton No.1 Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.839, -78.015
F.Eaton Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.766, -77.995
Bradley Salt Co.Salt Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.713, -78.150
S P Cox #2 Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.864, -78.094
Bliss Salt Well	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.583, -78.252
Silver Springs Wells	Salt	—	Past Producer	42.662, -78.080

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 23 fossil collection records in Wyoming County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Genesee County · Livingston County · Orleans County · Erie County · Monroe 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 Wyoming County, New York