Where to Find Calcite in Indiana
Indiana has 7 mapped collecting spots that report calcite, spread across 5 counties. 7 of the spots are on land mapped as publicly accessible.
Every calcite spot we track in Indiana
Best spotCorydonHarrison County, IndianaPublic access · Calcite, Fluorite, Dolomite +1
Best spotHarrodsburgMonroe County, IndianaPublic access · Calcite, Dolomite, Aragonite
Lawrence CountyLawrence County, IndianaPublic access · Geode, Calcite, Sphalerite +3
BuddhaLawrence County, IndianaPublic access · Barite, Calcite, Celestite +2
HuntingtonHuntington County, IndianaPublic access · Calcite, Marcasite, Pyrite +2
BloomingtonMonroe County, IndianaPublic access · Fluorite, Aragonite, Calcite +1
LogansportCass County, IndianaPublic access · Apatite, Calcite, Pyrite +1
Standout calcite spots in Indiana
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Corydon
Harrison County
Corydon, Indiana's first state capital, sits in the karst country of Harrison County at the southern end of the geode belt, where cave-and-spring geology produces calcite, fluorite, dolomite, and quartz along with geodes in the local limestones.
Harrodsburg
Monroe County
Harrodsburg is the type area of the Harrodsburg Limestone, the Mississippian unit that lends its name to some of Indiana's best-documented geodes: quartz, calcite, and barite fillings that have also yielded rare millerite needles.
Best counties for calcite in Indiana
Ranked by the number of mapped calcite spots. County links open the full rockhounding page for that county.
- Lawrence County2 spots
- Monroe County2 spots
- Cass County1 spot
- Harrison County1 spot
- Huntington County1 spot
Before you go
Read the calcite identification guide so you know what a keeper looks like in the field: Calcite in the encyclopedia.
