Where to Find Quartz in Utah
Utah is best known for one quartz-family target: Topaz Mountain rhyolite crystals. The cavities at Topaz Mountain in Juab County yield clear and smoky quartz alongside the topaz, the bixbyite, and the red beryl that put the area on the world map. South of there, the Dugway geode beds in the Thomas Range produce hollow chalcedony nodules with clear quartz interiors. Pegmatites in the Mineral Mountains near Milford add smoky quartz on feldspar. Surface float of rock crystal turns up in dry washes through the Wah Wah Mountains and the western desert, often etched and frosted from desert exposure.
Spot list checked against source data on April 1, 2026.
Every quartz 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- Best spotSpor MountainJuab County, UtahCheck locally · Fluorite, Bertrandite, Carnotite +6
AltaSalt Lake County, UtahPublic access · Apatite, Biotite, Barite +14- 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
- San Francisco MountainsBeaver County, UtahPublic access · Diopside, Fluorite, Galena +12
- Vipont MineBox Elder County, UtahPublic access · Azurite, Cerussite, Copper +12
Bullion CanyonPiute County, UtahCheck locally · Azurite, Barite, Cerussite +11- Cactus MineBeaver County, UtahPublic access · Azurite, Barite, Chalcopyrite +11
- Desert MountainJuab County, UtahPublic access · Antlerite, Bornite, Fluorite +11
- Star RangeBeaver County, UtahPublic access · Bismutite, Rhodochrosite, Fluorite +11
- Little CottonwoodSalt Lake County, UtahPermission required · Apatite, Alunite, Biotite +10
- Antelope IslandDavis County, UtahPermission required · Garnet, Azurite, Biotite +9
- East Erickson mining districtTooele County, UtahPublic access · Galena, Pyrite, Quartz +8
- Miner's BasinGrand County, UtahPublic access · Actinolite, Calcite, Chalcedony +8
- Wah Wah MountainsBeaver County, UtahPermission required · Cerussite, Galena, Pyrite +8
- MercurTooele County, UtahPublic access · Cinnabar, Gold, Orpiment +5
- ModenaIron County, UtahPermission required · Argentite, Gold, Limonite +5
- Thomas RangeJuab County, UtahPublic access · Agate, Beryl, Chalcedony +5
- AgateGrand County, UtahPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Chert +4
- Colorado RiverGrand County, UtahPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Chert +4
- FairfieldUtah County, UtahPublic access · Chalcedony, Chert, Limonite +4
- Thomas RangeJuab County, UtahPermission required · Beryl, Calcite, Fluorite +4
- OphirTooele County, UtahPublic access · Galena, Gold, Pyrite +3
- Centennial Eureka MineJuab County, UtahPermission required · Quartz, Copper, Malachite +1
- Goshute ReservationJuab County, UtahPermission required · Beryl, Muscovite, Quartz +1
- Mineral PointCache County, UtahPublic access · Hematite, Quartz, Siderite +1
- Indian PeakBeaver County, UtahPublic access · Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz
- Newton DistrictBeaver County, UtahPublic access · Gold, Pyrite, Quartz
- Tintic Prince MineTooele County, UtahPublic access · Galena, Quartz, Pyrite
- Wells CanyonUtah County, UtahPublic access · Calcite, Quartz, Smithsonite
- Dugway RangeTooele County, UtahPermission required · Amethyst, Quartz
Standout quartz spots in Utah
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Spor Mountain
Juab County
Spor Mountain stands out because its topaz-rhyolite-related deposits made it the world's premier beryllium district and Utah's largest fluorite producer.
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 quartz in Utah
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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