Where to Find Quartz in Arizona
Arizona has 10 mapped collecting spots that report quartz, spread across 6 counties. 9 of the spots are on land mapped as publicly accessible, and 1 is a fee-dig site.
Spot list checked against source data on April 1, 2026.
Every quartz spot we track in Arizona
Best spotKingman Feldspar MineMohave County, ArizonaPublic access · Allanite, Microcline, Quartz- Best spotArea around Diamond Point LookoutGila County, ArizonaPublic access · Quartz
- Best spotCrystal Hill Area, Kofa National Wildlife RefugeLa Paz County, ArizonaPublic access · Quartz
South Geronimo MineLa Paz County, ArizonaFee dig · Wulfenite, Vanadinite, Mimetite +6
Date Creek areaYavapai County, ArizonaPublic access · Agate, Garnet, Jasper +2- ~4 mi. SW of Cave Creek townMaricopa County, ArizonaPublic access · Agate, Gold, Jasper +1
- Area around hotelYavapai County, ArizonaPublic access · Jasper, Agate, Quartz
- Mineral MountainPinal County, ArizonaPublic access · Amethyst, Copper, Quartz
- Sandman RoadPinal County, ArizonaPublic access · Amethyst, Copper, Quartz
- Road along Agua Fria RiverMaricopa County, ArizonaPublic access · Quartz
Standout quartz spots in Arizona
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Area around Diamond Point Lookout
Gila County
Diamond Point is a managed Forest Service crystal site where clear, doubly terminated quartz crystals weather out of cavities in the Devonian Martin Formation.
Crystal Hill Area, Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
La Paz County
Crystal Hill is the only place on the 665,400-acre Kofa National Wildlife Refuge where recreational rock and mineral collecting is permitted, per the USFWS Public Use and Hunting Regulations, which restrict it to a designated 1.5-square-mile area and prohibit collecting across the entire remainder of the refuge.
Kingman Feldspar Mine
Mohave County
Kingman Feldspar Mine represents northwestern Arizona pegmatite collecting, with documented feldspar-quartz workings and rare-earth allanite from the Kingman area.
Best counties for quartz in Arizona
Ranked by the number of mapped quartz spots. County links open the full rockhounding page for that county.
Before you go
Read the quartz identification guide so you know what a keeper looks like in the field: Quartz in the encyclopedia.
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