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Unnamed Prospect (Prospect)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Compton Iron Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Compton Area Mine (Past Producer)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Reuben Little Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect (Prospect)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)E J Cozby Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect + 3 more nearby (Prospect)Unnamed Prospect (Prospect)Unnamed Prospect + 2 more nearby (Prospect)Unnamed Prospect + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)Blount County (Past Producer)Unnamed Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)No Name, Oneonta Area + 8 more nearby (Past Producer)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Champion Brown Ore Banks + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Unnamed Prospect + 7 more nearby (Prospect)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Champion Mines + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)F W Whited Iron Property + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Taits Gap Mines + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Eli Bynum Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Mine (Past Producer)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)No Name Given + 5 more nearby (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
37 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 5 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

44
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

22
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

13
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

3
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

1
Unknown

Status not recorded.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

Goethite 4Limonite 3Hematite 2

Commodities

Iron 64Manganese 12Flagstone 3Calcium 1

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Taits Gap MinesIronGoethitePast Producer33.975, -86.404
Champion MinesIronGoethitePast Producer33.942, -86.442
Champion MinesIronGoethite, LimonitePast Producer33.942, -86.442
Taits Gap MinesIronGoethite, LimonitePast Producer33.975, -86.404
Compton Area MineIronHematitePast Producer33.768, -86.640
No Name, Oneonta AreaIronHematitePast Producer33.958, -86.468
Champion Brown Ore BanksIronLimonitePast Producer33.920, -86.461
No Name Given——Occurrence34.067, -86.333
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence33.880, -86.521
Reuben Little ProspectIron—Occurrence33.820, -86.619
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence34.097, -86.332
Unnamed ProspectManganese—Occurrence34.068, -86.337
Unnamed ProspectIron—Prospect33.885, -86.515
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence33.990, -86.367
Unnamed ProspectIron—Prospect33.985, -86.444
Unnamed ProspectIron—Prospect33.909, -86.532
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence33.781, -86.645
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence33.875, -86.578
Unnamed MineManganese—Past Producer34.055, -86.339
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence33.963, -86.417
Lamb QuarryFlagstone—Producer33.994, -86.436
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence33.840, -86.570
Byrd ProspectIron—Occurrence33.976, -85.421
Unnamed ProspectIron—Prospect33.793, -86.610
Unnamed ProspectIron—Prospect33.958, -86.477
Compton Iron MineIron—Past Producer33.795, -86.636
F W Whited Iron PropertyIron—Occurrence33.937, -86.444
Unnamed ProspectIron—Prospect33.897, -86.495
Unnamed MineIron—Past Producer33.967, -86.461
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence33.796, -86.633
Unnamed ProspectManganese—Occurrence33.931, -86.472
Unnamed ProspectManganese—Occurrence34.006, -86.416
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence33.907, -86.547
Unnamed ProspectIron—Prospect33.933, -86.506
Unnamed ProspectManganese—Occurrence33.962, -86.471
Unnamed ProspectManganese—Occurrence33.810, -86.665
Unnamed ProspectIron—Prospect33.870, -86.535
Unnamed ProspectIron—Prospect33.903, -86.542
Unnamed ProspectManganese—Occurrence34.068, -86.327
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence33.848, -86.600

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 fossil collection records in Blount County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

St. Clair County · Etowah County · Marshall County · Calhoun County · Jefferson County

Alabama mineral guides

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Related articles

How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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