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Primarily paleozoic and mesozoic sedimentary rocks. Also igneous rocks
of the Abajo and La Sal mountains.
Popular Locations
| Location: | Chicken Corner Trail Area |
| Fossils: |
marine fossils |
| Land Status: | BLM. |
| Directions: | Take the Kane Creek road where it branches off U.S. 191 near the southern edge of Moab. Follow this road beyond the end of the pavement where it leaves the river bottom, climbs over a ridge, and descends into Kane Springs Canyon. The road climbs up over Hurrah Pass and descends to the other side. The location is about 24 miles from the starting point on U.S. 191. |
| GPS: |
| Location: | La Sal Junction Area |
| Rock: |
agate |
| Land Status: | BLM. |
| Directions: | Start at Norhwest Pipeline Corporation's compressor station about 20 miles south of Moab on U.S. 191. From the station, drive south on U.S. 191 for 0.5 mile to a junction with an improved dirt road going east. Take this road about 0.5 mile to a junction. Stay left and continue for 0.7 mile to the point where the road makes a sharp turn to the left at the same time crossing a small wash. Stop here and walk up the small hill to the east. |
| GPS: | 38°20'13"N - 109°23'55"W (estimate) |
| Location: | Joe Wilson Wash |
| Rock: |
agate |
| Land Status: | BLM. |
| Directions: | From La Sal Junction, drive south on U.S. 191 for 4.1 miles to Joe Wilson Wash. Park where the highway crosses the wash and hike up the wash about 0.25 mil and agate will be seen in the bottom of the wash. |
| GPS: | 38°15'30"N - 109°22'36"W |
| Location: | Red House Cliffs |
| Rock: |
agate and algal balls |
| Land Status: | BLM. |
| Directions: | From the junction of Utah Highways 95 and 276 near Natural Bridges National Monument, travel southwest on highway 276 approximately 20 miles to where the highway starts to climb out of the flat and go up over the hills. As you go up the hill watch for a cattle guard and 100 yards past the cattle guard a rough 4WD road turns off to the left. Passenger cars should park here. Go up the 4WD road about 0.8 mile and look for agate along the side of the road. |
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Mine Index
| Mine Name: | General Location: | GPS: | Minerals: |
| Dream Mine | Abajo Mountains | 37°49'08"N - 109°29'05"W | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Limonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Duckett Mine | Abajo Mountains | 37°49'24"N - 109°32'18"W | Calcite, Gold, Limonite, Pyrite |
| Gold Queen Mine | Abajo Mountains | 37°49'52"N - 109°28'00"W | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Big Buck Mine | Lisbon Valley Area | 38°11'15"N - 109°15'33"W | Becquerelite, Coffinite, Doloresite, Montroseite, Uraninite |
| Big Indian Mine | Lisbon Valley Area | 38°14'31"N - 109°15'49"W | Azurite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Clinoclase, Cornwallite, Gypsum, Lavendulan, Malachite, Metazeunerite, Olivenite, Pharmacosiderite, Tyrolite |
| Homestake Mine | Lisbon Valley Area | 38°13'52"N - 109°16'52"W | Coffinite, Doloresite, Montroseite, Paramontroseite, Roscoelite, Uraninite |
| La Sal Mine | Lisbon Valley Area | 38°18'33"N - 109°13'06"W | Coffinite, Doloresite, Montroseite, Roscoelite, Uraninite |
| Pandora Mine | Lisbon Valley Area | 38°18'32"N - 109°13'16"W | Bariandite, Francevillite, Navajoite, Straczekite |
| Rattlesnake Mine | Lisbon Valley Area | 38°05'55"N - 109°15'18"W | Carnotite, Coffinite, Doloresite, Montroseite, Roscoelite, Uraninite |
| Atomic King mine | Kane Springs | 38°28'32"N - 109°35'50"W | Andersonite, Sodium-Zippeite |
| Avalanche Mine | Elk Ridge Area | 37°47'31"N - 109°42'51"W | Coffinite, Erythrite, Uraninite |
| Black Hat Mine | La Sal Quadrangle | 38°20'14"N - 109°03'37"W | Coffinite, Corvusite, Melanovanadite, Montroseite, Pyrite, Roscoelite, Uraninite var: Pitchblende |
| Blue Cap Mine | La Sal Quadrangle | 38°20'13"N - 109°03'40"W | Coffinite, Dickthomssenite, Dolomite, Navajoite, Uraninite |
| Firefly Mine | La Sal Quadrangle | 38°19'53"N - 109°05'55"W | Bariandite, Calcite, Carnotite, Chalcomenite, Clausthalite,
Coffinite, Corvusite, Devilline, Dickthomssenite, Galena, Hewettite,
Montroseite, Pascoite, Pyrite, Roscoelite, Rossite, Selenium, Sherwoodite,
Tennantite, Tyuyamunite, Uraninite |
| Vanadium Queen Mine | La Sal Quadrangle | 38°20'10"N - 109°04'57"W | Carnotite, Coffinite, Corvusite, Dickthomssenite, Hewettite, Lasalite, Melanovanadite, Montroseite, Nolanite, Paramontroseite, Pascoite, Pyrite, Roscoelite, Selenium, Simplotite, Tyuyamunite, Uraninite var: Pitchblende |
| Slum Mine | Montezuma Canyon | 37°42'47"N - 109°18'03"W | Carnotite |
| Strawberry Mine | Montezuma Canyon | 37°41'45"N - 109°15'32"W | Calcite, Carnotite, Roscoelite |
| Mitten Mine | Monument Valley | 37°01'39"N -110°16'14"W | Corvusite, Navajoite, Tyuyamunite, Uraninite |
| Skyline Mine | Monument Valley | 37°01'10"N - 110°13'54"W | Autunite, Azurite, Malachite, Metatorbernite, Torbernite, Tyuyamunite, Uraninite, Uranophane |
| Whirlwind Mine | Monitor Mesa | 37°14'55"N - 110°26'43"W | Azurite, Chalcocite, Malachite, Tangeite, Tyuyamunite, Uranophane |
| Markey Mine | Red Canyon | 37°32'58"N - 110°18'07"W | Halotrichite, Metavoltine, Römerite, Szomolnokite, Voltaite |
| Posey Group | Red Canyon | 37°32'26"N - 110°17'10"W | Antlerite, Azurite, Becquerelite, Brochantite, Calcite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Cuprosklodowskite, Gypsum, Halotrichite, Johannite, Limonite, Malachite, Meta-autunite, Metarossite, Metatorbernite, Metavoltine, Phosphuranylite, Phurcalite, Rossite, Römerite, Schoepite, Szomolnokite, Torbernite, Uraninite var: Pitchblende, Uranophane, Wad, Zippeite |
| Happy Jack Mine | White Canyon | 37°45'09"N - 110°17'39"W | Allophane, Antlerite, Azurite, Baryte, Becquerelite,
Bieberite, Boltwoodite, Bornite, Brochantite, Carnotite, Chalcanthite,
Chalcedony, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epsomite, Erythrite, Galena, Gersdorffite, Goethite, Greenockite, Gypsum, Hematite, Ilsemannite, Jarosite, Johannite, Magnetite, Malachite, Marcasite, Metatorbernite, Metazeunerite, Microcline, Phosphuranylite, Psilomelane, Pyrite, Quartz, Sabugalite, Schoepite, Sepiolite, Siderotil, Skutterudite var: Smaltite, Sodium-Zippeite, Sphalerite, Sulphur, Torbernite, Tourmaline Group, Uraninite var: Pitchblende, Uranophane, Uranopilite, Zeunerite, Zippeite |
| Fry No. 4 Mine | White Canyon | 37°33'44"N - 110°06'08"W | Antlerite, Azurite, Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Hematite, Ilsemannite, Jarosite, Limonite, Malachite, Pickeringite, Pyrite, Uraninite |
| White Canyon No. 1 | White Canyon | 37°37'47"N - 110°06'47"W | Bornite, Calcite, Carnotite, # Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Gypsum, Hematite, Liebigite, Limonite, Malachite, Marcasite, Metatorbernite, Metazellerite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Uraninite, Uranophane, Voglite |