Where to Find Garnet in Utah
Utah garnet ranges from spessartine in the Mineral Mountains pegmatites to grossular-andradite in the Wasatch skarns. The Maynard claims in the Mineral Mountains near Milford produce well-formed spessartine dodecahedrons up to a centimeter, often on feldspar matrix. The Garnet Ridge diatreme in San Juan County yields purple chrome pyrope alongside diamond indicators, and the surrounding Navajo Reservation ground is closed to non-tribal collecting. Small almandine and andradite occurrences are scattered through Cottonwood Canyon east of Salt Lake City. Most Utah garnet weathers out clean and needs only a rinse to display.
Spot list checked against source data on April 1, 2026.
Every garnet spot we track in Utah
Best spotTopaz Dome QuarryJuab County, UtahPermission required · Beryl, Calcite, Bixbyite +10
Best spotDugway RangeJuab County, UtahPublic access · Beryl, Chalcedony, Fluorite +2
Henry mining districtSevier County, UtahPublic access · Hematite, Limonite, Pyrolusite +13- Dugway mining districtTooele County, UtahPublic access · Agate, Amethyst, Apatite +12
- Lincoln GulchBeaver County, UtahPublic access · Amethyst, Azurite, Calcite +12
- Park City mining districtSummit County, UtahPublic access · Barite, Calcite, Chlorite +12
- San Francisco MountainsBeaver County, UtahPublic access · Diopside, Fluorite, Galena +12
- Clifton mining districtTooele County, UtahPublic access · Agate, Azurite, Dolomite +11
- Star RangeBeaver County, UtahPublic access · Bismutite, Rhodochrosite, Fluorite +11
- Tintic MountainsJuab County, UtahPublic access · Pyrolusite, Siderite, Cerussite +10
Amasa ValleyMillard County, UtahCheck locally · Albite, Biotite, Diopside +9- Antelope IslandDavis County, UtahPermission required · Garnet, Azurite, Biotite +9
- Santaquin & Silver Lake mining districtsUtah County, UtahPublic access · Actinolite, Andradite, Argentite +9
- Bingham CanyonSalt Lake County, UtahPublic access · Actinolite, Barite, Bismuth +8
- Wah Wah MountainsBeaver County, UtahPermission required · Cerussite, Galena, Pyrite +8
- Rocky RangeBeaver County, UtahPublic access · Magnetite, Wulfenite, Azurite +7
- ModenaIron County, UtahPermission required · Argentite, Gold, Limonite +5
- Thomas RangeJuab County, UtahPublic access · Agate, Beryl, Chalcedony +5
- Painter SpringMillard County, UtahPublic access · Garnet, Idocrase, Microcline +4
- Thomas RangeJuab County, UtahPermission required · Beryl, Calcite, Fluorite +4
- Gold MountainPiute County, UtahPublic access · Alunite, Barite, Garnet +1
- House RangeMillard County, UtahPublic access · Diopside, Garnet, Idocrase +1
- Sevier LakeMillard County, UtahPublic access · Chalcedony, Galena, Garnet +1
- Copper GulchBeaver County, UtahPublic access · Garnet, Tourmaline
- Strongs CanyonWeber County, UtahPublic access · Garnet
Standout garnet spots in Utah
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Dugway Range
Juab County
The Dugway Geode Beds are one of Utah's clearest geology-to-specimen localities: Miocene rhyolite cavities were eroded by Lake Bonneville and redeposited as diggable geodes in lake sediments.
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.
Best counties for garnet in Utah
Ranked by the number of mapped garnet spots. County links open the full rockhounding page for that county.
Before you go
Read the garnet identification guide so you know what a keeper looks like in the field: Garnet in the encyclopedia.
Garnet in Utah FAQ
Where can you find garnet in Utah?+
How many garnet spots are mapped in Utah?+
Is it legal to collect garnet in Utah?+
Where else to find garnet
More minerals to hunt in Utah
Hunt garnet in Utah with the map in your pocket
RockHoundR puts these spots on an offline map with BLM and Forest Service overlays, geology layers, and a log for your finds.
