Rockhounding Utah: A Guide To The State's Best Rockhounding Sites

by William A. Kappele, Gary Warren

Overview

This completely updated and revised, full-color edition of Rockhounding Utah reveals the grandeur of the state's exposed formations, its canyon walls etched with fossils, and the spires and arches of the Needles District in Canyonlands National Park. Each description of the 86 state's sites includes concise information on the material to be found there, the tools to bring, the best season to visit, the vehicle to drive, or when a remote find suggests it's time to lace up the hiking boots. Readers will glean new insights into the obsidian of the Black Rock sites, jasper at Hell's Backbone, petrified wood at Bullfrog Turnoff, and fossils of sea lillies along the Wasatch Range.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493045969
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	04/01/2020
Series:	Rockhounding Series
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	216
Sales rank:	355,928
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Born and raised in Clearfield, Utah, Gary Warren(reviser) and his wife eventually settled in Brigham City, Utah. They have 4 children, 17 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren.  Gary has been a member of the Cache Rock and Gem Club, located in Logan, Utah, for 10 years, 8 of which he served as president. He enjoys sharing his love of rockhounding with children through school lectures and after-school group demonstrations and activities. The club has also incorporated a Junior Rockhounding program. Recently retired, Gary has more time to pursue his passions, traveling and rockhounding throughout Utah. 

William A. Kappele has been rockhounding across the West for more than forty years. His other books include Rockhounding Nevada and Rockhounding Colorado. 

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

About This Guide ix

Introduction: Welcome to Utah 1

Finding Your Way 5

Have a Safe Trip 7

Rockhound Etiquette 15

Sights Along the Way 18

Map Legend 30

South Utah

1 Central: Agate 32

2 Hurricane Mesa: Petrified Wood, Agate 34

3 Gooseberry Mesa: Petrified Wood 37

4 Cinder Mountain: Petrified Wood 39

5 Kolob Reservoir: Fossils 41

6 Cedar City: Minerals 43

7 Modena Canyon: Obsidian, Chalcedony 45

8 Brian Head: Agate 47

9 Cedar Breaks: Agate 50

10 Twisted Forest: Agate 52

11 Turnout: Agate 54

12 Mount Carmel: Septarian Nodules 56

13 Casto Canyon: Agate 58

Southeast Utah

14 Sand Creek: Petrified Wood 61

15 Blue Hills: Agate, Selenite Crystals 63

16 Caineville: Agate 65

17 Fossil Shell Hills: Devil's Toenails 67

18 Old Notom Road 1: Agate .69

19 Old Notom Road 2: Agate, Calcite Crystals 70

20 Notom: Agate 72

21 The Badlands: Agate 74

22 Striped Mountain: Petrified Wood, Coprolites 76

23 Bullfrog Turnoff: Agate, Petrified Wood 78

24 Shootering Canyon: Agate, Coprolites 80

25 Hansen Creek: Agate, Petrified Wood 82

26 Fry Canyon: Petrified Wood 84

East Utah

27 San Rafael: Agate, Jasper 88

28 Ruby Ranch Road 1: Agate 90

29 Ruby Ranch Road 2: Agate 92

30 Ruby Ranch Road 3: Agate 94

31 Yellow Cat Flat: Agate 96

32 Yellow Cat Road: Agate 98

33 Yellow Cat Fork: Agatized Barite 100

34 Poison Strip: Agatized Barite 102

35 Yellow Cat Mine Road: Agatized Barite 104

36 Bartlett Flat: Agate 106

37 Muleshoe Canyon: Agate 108

38 Looking Glass Road: Agate 110

39 Joe Wilson Wash: Agate 112

North Utah

40 Sardine Summit: Fossils, Black Horn Coral 115

41 Riley's Canyon: Red Horn Coral 117

42 Ophir: Pyrite 120

43 Tintie Mines: Minerals 122

44 Eureka: Agate 124

45 Syringapora Mine: Syringapora 127

46 Garnet Mine: Garnet 129

Central Utah

47 Birdseye: Birdseye Marble 132

48 Nephi: Petrified Palm 135

49 Nephi: Calcite Onyx 137

50 Yuba Lake: Birdseye Rhyolite 139

51 Salina: Wonderstone 141

52 Last Chance Road: Agate 143

West Utah

53 Wendover: Agate 147

54 Gold Hill: Azurite, Malachite 150

55 Obsidian Hill: Apache Tears 152

56 Butterscotch Hill: Jasper Pebbles 154

57 Topaz Mountain: Topaz, Beryl, Garnet 156

58 Drum Mountains: Agate 159

59 Dugway: Geodes 162

60 Vernon: Wonderstone 165

Southwest Utah

61 Skull Rock Pass: Fossils 168

62 Conger Spring: Fossils 170

63 Painter Spring: Mineral Specimens 173

64 Fossil Mountain: Fossils 176

65 Antelope Spring: Trilobite Fossils 179

66 Sunstone Knoll: Labradorite 181

67 Black Rock 1: Obsidian 184

68 Black Rock 2: Obsidian 187

69 Milford: Obsidian 189

70 Minersville: Mineral Specimens 191

71 Beaver: Agate 193

Tools of the Trade 197

Glossary 199

Site Index 204

About the Authors 205