Rockhounding in Tooele County, Utah: 19 Spots & Minerals

Standouts in Tooele County

Hand-picked spots in Tooele County, chosen for unusual mineralogy or documented public access. Each card opens the full coordinates and access notes.

Top pick
Gold Hill
Public
Tooele County
Gold Hill is one of Utah's most mineralogically varied old districts, with arsenic, gold, copper, lead, silver, tungsten, and zinc production tied to skarn, vein, and replacement deposits. UGS identifies it as Utah's leading historical producer of tungsten and arsenic, and Mindat records a broad suite of collectible secondary copper, lead, and zinc minerals around the district.
Azurite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite
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Top pick
Great Salt Lake
Public
Tooele County
The Tooele side of Great Salt Lake offers an unusual sediment specimen rather than a hard-rock target: oolitic sand made of calcium-carbonate coats around tiny nuclei in shallow, wave-agitated brine. UGS documents accessible oolitic dunes on BLM public lands at Stansbury Island and explains that Great Salt Lake sand is often chemically grown in the lake rather than washed down as quartz grains.
Aragonite, Bloedite, Gypsum, Halite

Spots in Tooele County

Spot	Minerals	Coordinates	Access
Clifton mining district	Agate Azurite Dolomite Malachite Garnet Rutile Bornite Calcite +6 more	40.1710, -113.8127	Public
Dugway mining district	Agate Amethyst Apatite Fluorite Chalcedony Garnet Topaz Cerussite +7 more	39.9975, -113.1860	Public
Dugway Range	Amethyst Quartz	39.9147, -113.0414	Public
Dutch Mountain	Augite Azurite Cerussite Fluorite Galena Malachite	40.2349, -113.8263	Public
East Erickson mining districtJoes Canyon Road	Galena Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Cerussite Silver Hematite Limonite +3 more	39.9110, -112.5112	Public
Gold HillEast First Avenue	Azurite Cerussite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Chrysocolla Galena Gold Gypsum +6 more	40.1813, -113.8102	Public
Great Salt Flats	Halite Sylvite	40.7906, -113.6476	Public
Great Salt Lake	Aragonite Bloedite Gypsum Halite Thenardite Mirabilite	40.9768, -112.6824	Public
Ibapah Mountains	Aquamarine Barite Beryl Cinnabar	39.9122, -113.8863	Public
Johnson PassSR 199	Onyx Calcite Galena	40.3372, -112.5727	Public
Lakeside Mountains	Anglesite Cerussite Galena	40.9750, -112.8701	Public
MercurMercur Canyon Road	Cinnabar Gold Orpiment Quartz Rutile Scorodite Talc Tourmaline	40.3223, -112.2127	Public
OphirOphir Canyon Road	Galena Gold Pyrite Silver Sphalerite Quartz	40.3739, -112.2641	Public
SalduroDwight D. Eisenhower Highway	Carnallite Halite Kainite Kieserite Polyhalite Sylvite	40.7448, -113.8428	Public
Silver Island MountainsCave Canyon Road	Azurite Barite Cerussite Galena Jamesonite Malachite Pyrite	40.9225, -113.7800	Public
Simpson SpringsSimpson Springs Road	Geode Nodules Morganite	40.0359, -112.7767	Public
Stansbury MountainsFR 546	Cerussite Galena Gold Pyrite	40.5176, -112.6374	Public
Tintic Prince MineMill Canyon Road	Galena Quartz Pyrite	39.9982, -112.1791	Public
Topliff Hill	Cerussite Malachite Pyrite	40.1280, -112.1748	Public

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Tooele County FAQ

Where can I rockhound in Tooele County, Utah?+

RockHoundR tracks 19 rockhounding spots in Tooele County. Each entry below has coordinates, mineral notes, and access type. Always confirm local rules before collecting.

What rocks and minerals are common in Tooele County?+

Spots in Tooele County most often produce Galena, Pyrite, Cerussite, Malachite, Quartz. Individual spots can vary widely.

Are these Tooele County rockhounding spots on public land?+

Most spots in this list are tagged public, but access can change with seasons, claims, and local closures. Always verify before driving out — links in the app open the right BLM, USFS, or county pages.

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