Home › Utah › Grand CountyRockhounding in Grand County, Utah Sniff around Grand County and you’ll be following old miners and prospectors. USGS records 699 named mineral sites here, not counting sand, gravel, crushed stone and clay pits.
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.
Sketch map Bronco Claims + 1 more nearby (Prospect) Desert Rock Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) Black Bird Claim + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Salt Wash Group (Past Producer) Copper King-Lonepoint (Prospect) Red Wash Deposit + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Highboy Group (Prospect) Salt Wash Group-Little Grand D. (Past Producer) White Wash Manganese Deposits + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) Hey Joe Mine Group + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Unknown Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Lydia 1 (Occurrence) Northeast of White Wash + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) Duma Point + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) Cottonwood Mine + 5 more nearby (Past Producer) Hellroaring Canyon + 1 more nearby (Producer) Horse Thief 6 & 7 + 4 more nearby (Occurrence) Lydia #1 (Occurrence) Ute + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Lucky Valley + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Ghost Claims + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Desert Rat + 1 more nearby (Producer) Dripping Spring + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Spring Canyon Potash + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Dead Man Point + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Mineral Mine + 19 more nearby (Past Producer) Lion #5 (Producer) Joker #2 + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) Tenmile Wash No. 2 Little Grand (Prospect) Needles Group-Little Grand Dist + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Star #1 + 5 more nearby (Past Producer) Lion #6 (Occurrence) Showerbath Canyon Uranium Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Pine Tree #1 + 2 more nearby (Occurrence) Salt Valley Anticline + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Bartlett Flat + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Lion No.5 (Occurrence) Reeder No. 1 Well (Occurrence) Random Group + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Ten Mile Potash Deposit + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) The Knoll Deposit + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Beehive Butte + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Pine Tree No.1 (Occurrence) Salt Valley Claims + 2 more nearby (Occurrence) Pinto + 5 more nearby (Occurrence) Cobalt # 1 + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) Bertha # 5 + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) Klondike Limestone Deposit (Occurrence) West Courthouse Deposit + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Cannol #2 + 9 more nearby (Producer) Arths Pasture Deposit + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Gray Fault + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Mile High + 2 more nearby (Occurrence) Cie Dog (Producer) Ribbon Ridge + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Cobalt #2 + 1 more nearby (Producer) Bertha #5 + 1 more nearby (Producer) Kellog #1 + 6 more nearby (Occurrence) Copper King (Producer) 7 Mines In Little Canyon + 16 more nearby (Occurrence) Moab Canyon Deposit + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Cane Creek Mine and Area + 3 more nearby (Past Producer) Cane Creek Plant (Producer) Toby + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Telluride #1 + 2 more nearby (Producer) King No. 1 Well (Prospect) Gold Bar (Occurrence) Cane Creek School Section + 4 more nearby (Producer) Blue Boy + 51 more nearby (Producer) Mcgroup + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Fool's Luck + 13 more nearby (Producer) A-1 + 2 more nearby (Occurrence) Manganese Prospect + 2 more nearby (Occurrence) Moab Mill (Producer) Cane Creek Mine (Producer) Ringtail + 24 more nearby (Occurrence) Parco #7 + 67 more nearby (Producer) Black Beauty + 1 more nearby (Producer) Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 10027 (Past Producer) Moab Brine Company Deposit + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Valley View Claims + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Emerra #1 & #2 + 8 more nearby (Occurrence) La Shuberko + 4 more nearby (Occurrence) Red Head (Producer) Bobby #1 (Producer) Ribbon Ridge + 11 more nearby (Producer) Telluride #5, #8, #9, #18 + 2 more nearby (Producer) Black Jack (Producer) Utah Dept Highways Pit No. 10029 (Occurrence) Parco #1 (Producer) Blue Bird (Producer) Squaw Park #1 (Occurrence) Slanney #1 & #2 + 4 more nearby (Producer) Professor Valley (Occurrence) Red Vanadium Group + 7 more nearby (Producer) Squaw Park Group + 4 more nearby (Producer) Hittle Bottom (Past Producer) Red Head Group + 6 more nearby (Producer) North Mesa + 11 more nearby (Producer) Sure Fire (Producer) Main Canyon Seep (Occurrence) Ringtail Mine (Producer) Last Dollar + 4 more nearby (Producer) Valley View + 4 more nearby (Producer) Valley View Mine + 9 more nearby (Producer) Sure Fire (Producer) Ghm Lode + 3 more nearby (Producer) Ranch View #10 + 1 more nearby (Producer) Onion Creek Gypsum Deposit (Occurrence) Florence No. 1 and 2 Adits + 29 more nearby (Occurrence) Unknown #34 (Occurrence) Unknown #30 (Prospect) Ranch View + 3 more nearby (Producer) Blue Chief (Producer) John Brown + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Skeeter (Producer) Mc Coy Adit + 5 more nearby (Past Producer) Section 32 + 2 more nearby (Occurrence) Buckhorn + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Captain Jack + 24 more nearby (Occurrence) Emma + 16 more nearby (Occurrence) Bear Point (Past Producer) Ryan Creek (Occurrence) Ryan Creek Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Buckhorn #1 (Producer) Blue Chief Mesa Claims (Producer) Jumbo (Occurrence) F.W. #3 + 38 more nearby (Producer) Avis + 15 more nearby (Occurrence) Ryan Creek Prospect (Occurrence) Prince Albert Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer) Rimrock + 4 more nearby (Producer) Pittsburg + 8 more nearby (Occurrence) Doctor Jr. + 16 more nearby (Occurrence) Alta + 10 more nearby (Occurrence)
135 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 20 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.Woof’s favorite find
Dewey Group We picked it because its USGS record mentions 5 gem or collectible minerals (Quartz, Gold, Agate, Fluorite, Silver) and 7 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as past producer for Gold, Silver. Minerals mentioned: Quartz, Gold, Agate, Pyrite, Fluorite, Copper, Silver. Approx. location 38.534, -109.263. USGS record .
Ask first: a USGS record doesn’t mean you can visit. Find out who owns the land and get permission before collecting.
Field cards: what kind of sites? 243
Occurrence The mineral was noted here, without development.
211
Producer Was producing when the record was made.
176
Past Producer Produced ore or material at some point in the past.
54
Prospect Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.
14
Unknown Status not recorded.
1
Plant A processing plant site.
Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.
Mineral cards Copper Mohs 2.5–3. Native copper is soft and turns green as it weathers. Mindat
64 sites
Gold Mohs 2.5–3. Soft, heavy and bright yellow; it doesn’t tarnish. Mindat
39 sites
Pyrite Mohs 6–6.5. Brassy “fool’s gold,” often cubic. Mindat
29 sites
Silver Mohs 2.5–3. Native silver tarnishes black. Mindat
23 sites
Quartz Mohs 7. Six-sided points; smoky quartz is NH’s state gem. Mindat
15 sites
Fluorite Mohs 4. Cubes in purple, green or yellow; many glow under UV. Mindat
11 sites
Mica Mohs 2–3. Peels into thin, flexible, shiny sheets. Mindat
7 sites
Galena Mohs 2.5–2.75. Heavy, silvery lead ore that breaks into cubes. Mindat
3 sites
Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.
Minerals recorded here 70 42 21 21 19 14 12 11 10 10 9 9 Commodities 407 152 21 20 16 12 8 3 2 2 Sites (first 40) Site Commodity Minerals recorded Status Approx. location Duma Point Manganese Barite, Pyrolusite Past Producer 38.783, -109.988 High Ore — Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Malachite Past Producer 38.540, -109.245 Little Dot — Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite Occurrence 38.539, -109.240 Mc Coy Adit — Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite Past Producer 38.529, -109.224 Venus Mine Copper Bornite, Chrysocolla, Malachite Occurrence 38.537, -109.242 Joker #2 Uranium Carnalite Past Producer 39.164, -109.920 Salt Valley Anticline — Carnalite, Sylvite Occurrence 38.922, -109.837 Dripping Spring — Carnalite, Sylvite Occurrence 38.754, -109.942 Red Wash Deposit — Carnalite, Sylvite Occurrence 38.753, -110.068 Pitts No. 1 Well — Carnallite Occurrence 38.639, -109.662 Reeder No. 1 Well — Carnallite, Potash, Sylvite Occurrence 38.921, -109.823 Arths Pasture Deposit — Carnallite, Sylvite Occurrence 38.612, -109.718 Spring Canyon Potash — Carnallite, Sylvite Occurrence 38.682, -109.961 Beehive Butte — Carnallite, Sylvite Occurrence 38.552, -109.830 Ten Mile Potash Deposit — Carnallite, Sylvite Occurrence 38.683, -109.817 Dead Man Point — Carnallite, Sylvite Occurrence 38.602, -109.967 The Knoll Deposit — Carnallite, Sylvite Occurrence 38.560, -109.797 Bartlett Flat — Carnallite, Sylvite Occurrence 38.645, -109.865 Squaw Park Group Uranium Carnotite Past Producer 38.838, -109.363 Random Group — Carnotite Occurrence 38.755, -109.828 Silver Moon Deposit — Carnotite Past Producer 38.822, -109.569 North Cloud # 2 — Carnotite Past Producer 38.545, -109.357 M C Group — Carnotite Occurrence 38.850, -109.553 Valley View Claims Uranium Carnotite Occurrence 38.883, -109.501 Kellog No. 7 — Carnotite Past Producer 38.704, -109.670 Cie Dog Uranium, Vanadium Carnotite Past Producer 38.866, -109.727 Bare Spot — Carnotite Occurrence 38.834, -109.633 Freeport — Carnotite Past Producer 38.658, -109.121 Alta — Carnotite Occurrence 38.622, -109.095 Polar No 3 — Carnotite Past Producer 38.650, -109.154 Juanita Group — Carnotite Occurrence 38.801, -109.575 Fools Luck — Carnotite Occurrence 39.733, -109.568 Slick Rock Uranium Carnotite Past Producer 38.787, -109.708 Lone Pine No. 2 — Carnotite Occurrence 38.691, -109.061 Ute Uranium Carnotite Past Producer 39.150, -109.944 Vivian — Carnotite Past Producer 38.664, -109.157 Prospect No. 2 Uranium Carnotite Past Producer 38.624, -109.094 Polar #2 Uranium Carnotite Past Producer 38.653, -109.150 Rimrock Uranium Carnotite Past Producer 38.687, -109.141 School Section 2 — Carnotite Past Producer 39.738, -109.555
Fossil collections The Paleobiology Database lists 108 fossil collection records in Grand County. These are research records, not public dig sites.
Nearby counties Emery County · San Juan County · Carbon County · Garfield County · Wayne County
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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
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