Rockhounding the Centennial Eureka Mine in the Rain!

The Centennial Eureka Mine is located on private property just outside of Eureka, Utah. This location is typically closed to collecting, but I was fortunate to be able to go with a rock club that had permission from the land owner to collect. The rainy weather worked to our advantage as it made the rocks "glow" when they were wet, making them easy to spot and collect. I was able to collect minerals such as azurite, malachite, smithsonite, chryscolla, conichalcite, aragonite, and more!

[@223ndog]

My in-laws have a house in eureka and they’ve been going out there looking for stuff for 50 years. A lot of cool rocks and old rusty things, too bad most of the land out there is private property now. I’ve been to almost every mine out there back before it was all private property. Cool video.

[@traceyhacking7109]

I live not too far from Eureka, had no idea those rocks were on the ground!!

[@RnFfishy]

So good I had to watch this twice! Great video and stunning specimens, incredible!

[@utah_rockhound]

Many thanks!

[@kennethbynum7839]

Amazing video! Thanks for sharing

[@christies4963]

another great Video. We are hoping to get back up to Utah this fall!

[@brandonheald9624]

It looks like quartz either w/ those colorful inclusions or does most of it sit on the surface?
Absolutely incredible.

[@utah_rockhound]

Mostly on the surface, but some of it is included in the quartz!

[@tanyastava9698]

Who does one speak to on requesting access to the area? I know there is a group that goes out to that location but due to work I'm not able to go at that time. Beautiful specimens ❤

[@utah_rockhound]

I’m not sure who the contact is. I was with the group went out last time and there was a person from the mining company that owns the land that had us sign a liability waiver in order to collect, but I don’t recall their name or the company name 😕.

[@tanyastava9698]

Thank you 😊

[@reednelson490]

What rock hounding club where you with when you went to Eureka andcollect all that beautiful material. i’m guessing that’s the only way to get access

[@utah_rockhound]

It's the Facebook group called 'Utah Rock Collectors.' The owners of the page run lots of trips throughout the year (they have sign ups on their events tab). It's the only group I'm aware of that gets permission to rockhound that location.

[@tanyastava9698]

@@utah_rockhound thanks a million!!

[@paulm965]

Looks like a fun day collecting. Does any of that blue-green material take a polish for cabbing or is it more brittle crystal/druzy stuff that would just crumble?

[@utah_rockhound]

I think a mix of both. There are a couple of pieces I collected that I'm thinking about cutting to see if I can get a polish on, but the majority of it would be too crumbly to polish without some major stabilization.