Rockhounding Yellow Cat, Utah for Incredible Agates

Yellow Cat, Utah, is a well known rockhounding spot that produces beautiful red agates, petrified wood and many other minerals. For this trip, I focused on finding agate after barite pseudomorphs (where the barite crystals have been replcaed by agate, while retaining the barite crystal shape and form). If you can find whole barite nodules, they cut open to reveal really neat red agate cores that polish really well. After a visit to Yellow Cat Mine, I followed the bench road to the east and stopped at various points and hiked into areas that looked promising. It is such a large area to explore! GPS: 38°50'52.9"N 109°31'42.1"W - This is my starting point. Agates and Wood can be found all throughout this VAST area. There does appear to be claims in the area around the Yellow Cat Mine (I believe for uranium), so I worked my way southeast and then hiked into areas free of claim markers. Not sure if the claims are active or not, so I just avoided them. There is a LOT of area to explore, so if you go, be sure to get off the beaten path and have fun!