Millard County
Conger Trail sunstone land status
The Conger Trail sunstone area sits in the Confusion Range, west of Delta, on ground rockhounds have treated as BLM for years. Labradorite with a flash — Utah sunstone — weathers out of the volcanic rock and shows up as float. Famous is not the same as “every acre on the drive in is open.”
Who manages it
The named collecting ground is BLM, Fillmore Field Office, West Desert District. That starts the casual-use conversation: personal use, hand tools, no explosives, and the usual 25 pounds plus one piece / 250 pounds a year reading of reasonable amounts. It does not finish the conversation.
- West-desert checkerboard puts SITLA sections next to BLM with no change in the dirt. Trust land needs their permit.
- Private inholdings and stock driveways exist. A two-track is not consent.
- Active claims are plausible on a named mineral spot. Run the section in MLRS the week you go.
What people get wrong
- Screening a hill of float is still collecting. The cap is weight, not “it was just on the surface.”
- A full bucket of sunstone is often already the day. See how heavy 25 pounds is.
- Selling the take moves you out of casual use.
- Club GPS pins go stale. A pin from a forum is not a land-status check.
Before you leave pavement
- Owner layer on the section you will park on, not the town of Delta.
- Claim check if you plan to dig rather than pick float.
- Fillmore Field Office if a sign, closure, or fence does not match the map.
- Water, spare, and a downloaded map. This is empty country. Offline maps.
Nearby public-land names people mix up: House Range trilobites (paid quarry vs public shale) and Topaz Mountain in the Thomas Range, which is a different range and a different drive.
Informational only — not legal advice and not a site guide. Confirm the acre with the ownership layer and the Fillmore Field Office before you dig.