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This county contains numerous old mining areas as well as fossil bearing
Cenozoic rocks.
Popular Locations
| Location: | Pelican Point |
| Minerals: |
limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite |
| Land Status: | BLM and private lands. |
| Directions: | This location is on the west side of Utah Lake. The site is at the top of a ridge that looks down on a small valley. A road leads up from Utah highway 68 opposite the explosives plan on the lakeshore. This road is rough and requires an HCV. |
| GPS: | 40°14'36"N - 111°52'53"W |
| Location: | Clay Pits in the Manning Canyon Shale |
| Fossils: |
plants |
| Land Status: | BLM and private lands. |
| Directions: | There are several areas along highway 68 on the west side of Utah Lake in the Lake Mountains near Pelican Point and near Burnt Canyon. |
| GPS: |
| Location: | American Fork Canyon |
| Minerals: |
sphalerite, pyrite, quartz |
| Land Status: | National Forest and mining claims. |
| Directions: | Take highway 80 up American fork Canyon past Timpanogos Cave and take the left fork off of Highway 80. Continue up this road to the head of the canyon and several mines. |
| GPS: | See Mine Index. |
| Location: | Birdseye |
| Rock: |
birdseye marble |
| Land Status: | National Forest and private lands. |
| Directions: | The quarry is high on the mountain east of Birdseye on U.S. 89 south of Thstle and is visible from the highway. A road to the outcrop area turns east off U.S. 89 about 1.5 miles north of Birdseye. Abundant material can be found along the road on the mountainside. |
| GPS: | 39°55'21"N - 111°31'21"W |
| Location: | Spanish Fork Canyon |
| Rock: |
algal ball limestone |
| Land Status: | National Forest. |
| Directions: | This location is on U.S. 6-50, 7.9 miles east of Thistle. Park at the broad open flat and walk north to the ledges. |
| GPS: | 39°59'07"N - 111°21'35"W (approx.) |
| Location: | Spanish Fork Canyon |
| Fossils: |
gastropods, pelecypods, ostracods, bird tracks |
| Land Status: | National Forest and highway right-of-way. |
| Directions: | These occur in the Eocene Green River formation and are accessable 11.2 miles east of Thistle on U.S. 6-50 and 14.8 - 16 miles east of Thistle on U.S. 6-50. |
| GPS: |
| Location: | Tucker Rest Stop |
| Fossils: |
bird tracks |
| Land Status: | National Forest and state and private lands. |
| Directions: | The Tucker rest area is located 17.7 miles east of Thistle on U.S. 6-50 in Spanish Fork Canyon. Examine the ledges and rock in the drainages of Starvation Creek and Clear Creek at the rest stop. |
| GPS: | 39°56'07"N - 111°11'59"W |
Mine Index
| Mine Name: | General Location: | GPS: | Minerals: |
| Apex Standard | East Tintic Mountains - East Tintic District | 39°56'29"N - 112°03'17"W | Acanthite, Anglesite, Azurite, Cerussite, Chlorargyrite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Malachite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| Burgin Mine | East Tintic Mountains - East Tintic District | 39°57'00"N - 112°02'45"W | Acanthite, Anglesite, Antlerite, Argentojarosite, Aurichalcite,
Baryte, Birnessite, Brochantite, Cerussite, Chalcophanite, Copper,
Cryptomelane, Dickite, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Gypsum, Hetaerolite,
Hollandite, Jalpaite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Lanarkite, Limonite, Marcasite,
Massicot, Melanterite, Mimetite, Minium, Nsutite, Polybasite, Pyrite,
Pyrolusite, Quartz var: Jasper, Quenselite, Rhodochrosite, Siderite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Szomolnokite, Tetrahedrite |
| Eureka Bullion Mine | East Tintic Mountains - East Tintic District | 39°57'18"N - 112°04'22"W | Anglesite, Azurite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| Eureka Lily Mine | East Tintic Mountains - East Tintic District | 39°57'09"N - 112°04'05"W | Acanthite, Anglesite, Argentojarosite, Azurite, Baryte, Bismite, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Calaverite, Cerussite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Hemimorphite, Hessite, Jamesonite, Malachite, Petzite, Plumbojarosite, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| Eureka Standard Mine | East Tintic Mountains - East Tintic District | 39°56'34"N - 112°03'36"W | Acanthite, Anglesite, Azurite, Baryte, Bornite, Calaverite, Cerussite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Kaolinite, Malachite, Marcasite, Petzite, Proustite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Sylvanite, Tetrahedrite |
| Iron King Mine | East Tintic Mountains - East Tintic District | 39°56'30"N - 112°04'33"W | Acanthite, Baryte, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Hessite, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Tetrahedrite |
| Northern Spy Mine | East Tintic Mountains - East Tintic District | 39°55'48"N - 112°05'57"W | Atelestite, Beyerite, Kettnerite, Mixite |
| North Lily Mine | East Tintic Mountains - East Tintic District | 39°57'32"N - 112°04'15"W | Acanthite, Anglesite, Baryte, Billingsleyite, Bismuthinite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Dickite, Enargite, Endellite, Galena, Gold, Greenockite, Hemimorphite, Hessite, Kaolinite, Krennerite, Luzonite, Montmorillonite, Pearceite, Petzite, Plumbojarosite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite, Wurtzite |
| Tintic Standard Mines | East Tintic Mountains - East Tintic District | 39°57'19"N - 112°03'42"W | Acanthite, Anglesite, Argentojarosite, Azurite, Baryte, Bismuthinite, Cerussite, Chalcophanite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Coronadite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Halotrichite, Hematite, Hessite, Jarosite, Kornelite, Krennerite, Limonite, Luzonite, Malachite, Marcasite, Pearceite, Petzite, Plumbojarosite, Polybasite, Psilomelane, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Siderotil, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite, Szomolnokite, Tetrahedrite, Tinticite, Wad |
| Trixie Mine | East Tintic Mountains - East Tintic District | 39°55'53"N - 112°04'02"W | Acanthite, Adamite var: Cuprian Adamite, Anglesite, Argentojarosite, Azurite, Baryte, Bornite, Cerussite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Hemimorphite, Hessite, Jarosite, Malachite, Olivenite, Pharmacosiderite, Plumbojarosite, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrite, Quartz, Scorodite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite, Tellurite, Tellurium, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite |
| Zuma Mine | East Tintic Mountains - East Tintic District | 39°56'09"N - 112°04'40"W | Baryte, Enargite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Lehi-Tintic Mine | East Tintic Mountains - North Tintic District | 40°01'13"N - 112°03'19"W | Anglesite, Cerussite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz var: Jasper |
| Oxen Mine | East Tintic Mountains - North Tintic District | 39°58'25"N - 112°04'33"W | Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad |
| Selma Mine | East Tintic Mountains - North Tintic District | 40°00'24"N - 112°04'01"W | Anglesite, Cerussite, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite |
| Tintic Empire Mine | East Tintic Mountains - North Tintic District | 40°00'56"N - 112°03'46"W | Anglesite, Cerussite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz var: Jasper |
| Tintic Paymaster Mine | East Tintic Mountains - North Tintic District | 40°00'39"N - 112°03'57"W | Anglesite, Cerussite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz var: Jasper |
| Bay State Tunnel | Wasatch Mountains - American Fork District | 40°31'41"N - 111°35'38"W | Galena, Kermesite, Sphalerite |
| Bog Mine | Wasatch Mountains - American Fork District | 40°33'13"N - 111°37'07"W | Baryte, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| Dutchman Mine | Wasatch Mountains - American Fork District | 40°31'43"N - 111°36'11"W | Baryte, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Miller Hill Mine | Wasatch Mountains - American Fork District | 40°32'04"N - 111°35'43"W | Acanthite, Azurite, Cerussite, Galena, Gold, Limonite, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Wad, Wulfenite |
| Pacific Mine | Wasatch Mountains - American Fork District | 40°32'28"N - 111°35'42"W | Baryte, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| Yankee Mine | Wasatch Mountains - American Fork District | 40°32'40"N - 111°37'53"W | Baryte, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Jamesonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| Nelson Mine | Wasatch Mountains - Payson District | 40°00'04"N - 111°43'59"W | Galena, Gold, Limonite, Pyrite |
| Syndicate Mine | Wasatch Mountains - Payson District | 39°58'27"N - 111°44'26"W | Baryte, Cerussite, Galena, Limonite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite |