Where to Find Calcite in Utah
Utah calcite shows up in the carbonate-hosted mining districts and in cave and travertine deposits. Crystal Peak in the Wah Wah Mountains (Beaver County) yields clear-to-pale dogtooth calcite scalenohedrons in vugs of altered limestone. Topaz Mountain in Juab County produces small twinned calcite groups in rhyolite cavities alongside the topaz. The Tintic district carries pink and white calcite as a gangue mineral with the lead-silver ores, sometimes etched into open vugs. Travertine sheets along the Wasatch Front in American Fork Canyon add massive ribbon calcite. Most field calcite is brittle and cleaves easily, so wrap individual specimens.
Spot list checked against source data on April 1, 2026.
Every calcite spot we track in Utah
Best spotMarysvillePiute County, UtahPublic access · Cinnabar, Alunite, Albite +11
Best spotTopaz Dome QuarryJuab County, UtahPermission required · Beryl, Calcite, Bixbyite +10
Henry mining districtSevier County, UtahPublic access · Hematite, Limonite, Pyrolusite +13- Lincoln GulchBeaver County, UtahPublic access · Amethyst, Azurite, Calcite +12
- Park City mining districtSummit County, UtahPublic access · Barite, Calcite, Chlorite +12
- Clifton mining districtTooele County, UtahPublic access · Agate, Azurite, Dolomite +11
- Star RangeBeaver County, UtahPublic access · Bismutite, Rhodochrosite, Fluorite +11
- Monticello mining districtSan Juan County, UtahPublic access · Anhydrite, Carnotite, Gypsum +9
- Bingham CanyonSalt Lake County, UtahPublic access · Actinolite, Barite, Bismuth +8
- Miner's BasinGrand County, UtahPublic access · Actinolite, Calcite, Chalcedony +8
- East Tintic MountainsUtah County, UtahPublic access · Albite, Alunite, Bornite +7
Thomas RangeJuab County, UtahPermission required · Beryl, Calcite, Fluorite +4- Kitchen Corral WashKane County, UtahPermission required · Barite, Calcite, Chalcedony +2
- The NeedlesGrand County, UtahPublic access · Barite, Calcite, Manganite +2
- Courthouse WashGrand County, UtahPermission required · Barite, Calcite, Limonite +1
- Crater IslandBox Elder County, UtahPermission required · Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite +1
- HurricaneWashington County, UtahPublic access · Aragonite, Calcite, Hydrozincite
- Indian PeakBeaver County, UtahPublic access · Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz
- Johnson PassTooele County, UtahPublic access · Onyx, Calcite, Galena
- Tenmile WashGrand County, UtahPublic access · Barite, Calcite, Pyrolusite
- Wells CanyonUtah County, UtahPublic access · Calcite, Quartz, Smithsonite
Standout calcite spots in Utah
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Topaz Dome Quarry
Juab County
Topaz Mountain is Utah's defining gem locality, where amber topaz crystals formed in cavities of the Topaz Mountain Rhyolite and commonly bleach colorless in sunlight.
Marysville
Piute County
Marysvale earns a top spot for small but well-formed crystals in rhyolite cavities, especially bixbyite, amethyst, and reported rutile or pseudobrookite.
Best counties for calcite in Utah
Ranked by the number of mapped calcite spots. County links open the full rockhounding page for that county.
Before you go
Read the calcite identification guide so you know what a keeper looks like in the field: Calcite in the encyclopedia.
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