Ghost Town: Aragonite, Tooele County, Utah

Skylinerider

Moderator & Supporting Member
Site: Aragonite
Alternate Names: N/A
County, State: Tooele, Utah
Years of Occupation: ?
Status of Site: Open
Classification: Class 2 - Neglected Town
Type: Mining
Remnants: Bunkhouse remains and a smaller building. (Upsate: buildings destroyed by vandals)
GPS Coordinate: 40.724846° N, 112.941124° W
Date of Last Visit:

Aragonite was established in the early 1900s as a mining site for the mineral aragonite, which was used as a decorative stone in building. The town was abandoned after a short time. In it's day it was extremely remote so buildings were built to house the workers. It's not so much a town as a bunkhouse and another smaller building.

Directions: I-80 exit 56 to Aragonite. Proceed south on the paved road for about 2.8 miles. Just before the Saftey-Kleen facility, there is a dirt road heading east to the mountains. About 3.6 miles up the road, you will see the remains of the old bunkhouse.

Resources:
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ut/aragonite.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aragonite,_Utah

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os1rfw

Member
My brother and I went out there July 2018 and did not see any remnants of any structures. Don't know if we weren't looking in the right area or if they have been removed.
Ron W.
 

cruiseroutfit

Moderator & Supporting Member
Supporter
My brother and I went out there July 2018 and did not see any remnants of any structures. Don't know if we weren't looking in the right area or if they have been removed.
Ron W.

They are still there, I was out there a few weeks ago and you can spy the foundations
 

Jeeper

Member
‘Rockhounders outreach for community knowledge’ is a fb group that does regular events. They do a lot of hounding out in Aragonite. I guess if you know what you are looking for there is a lot of neat stuff out there.
 
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