Southern Utah Rock Club

Links of Interest

Do you have a recommendation for a particular useful website you feel is of interest to club members? Please send them along to communications@southernutahrockclub.org.

CLUB MEDIA

OTHER MEDIA

  • Kevin Nix—Short on Rockhounding, Cutting Rocks and Slabs, Lapidary methods, Collecting Fossils, Displaying Rocks, Minerals, Gemstones, Meteorite fragments, and other Collectables. As of Mar. 2025: 5.82K subscribers • 371 videos

EDUCATIONAL / REFERENCES

  • Currently Rockhounding—”the best and most comprehensive resource for everything rockhounding related”
  • Mindat.org—the world’s leading authority on minerals and their localities, deposits, and mines worldwide. Database with 6100+ mineral species; 3100+ rock names; 26,000 glossary terms; 1,400,000+ photos; 409,000 localities (Wonderful search engine to their vast site.)
  • Bureau of Land Management—Utah frequently requested maps
  • BLM—Rockhounding on Public Lands, FAQ, Guide, Public Rockhounding sites
  • Utah Land Ownership Map—Interactive map showing boundaries of Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, National Recreation Areas, National Parks & Historic Sites, National Monuments, National Forests, National Wilderness Areas, National Wildlife Refuges, Private Lands, State Trust Lands, State Sovereign Lands, State Parks and Recreation, State Wildlife Reserve/Management Areas, and Tribal Lands
  • Rockhouding Utah Trust Land—The rules, permitting, and maps needed to rockhound on UTL.
  • The Diggings—The Diggings™ lists millions of claims across the United States to help identify where gold, silver, copper, and other materials are being mined or were mined in the past. With our interactive maps, discover mining activity in your area.
  • National Park Service
  • US Geologic Survey
  • Utah Geological Survey—Rock and Mineral Collecting sites, rules etc.
  • Gemstones and Minerals Glossary—characteristics and the technical terms used to describe them.

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