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Check access before you go. Most sites listed here are old mines, quarries or prospects, and many are on private land or active mining claims. Get the landowner's permission, check the rules of the agency that manages any public land, and never enter mine workings. Locations are approximate.

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24 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 1 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Woof’s favorite find

SE Alabama Iron District

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Quartz) and 2 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as past producer for Iron. Minerals mentioned: Quartz, Feldspar. Approx. location 31.414, -86.067. USGS record.

Ask first: a USGS record doesn’t mean you can visit. Find out who owns the land and get permission before collecting.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

25
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

1
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

Minerals recorded here

Goethite 1Siderite 1

Commodities

Iron 26

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
SE Alabama Iron DistrictIronGoethite, SideritePast Producer31.414, -86.067
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.283, -85.936
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.243, -85.886
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.371, -85.999
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.441, -85.873
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.384, -86.154
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.280, -86.006
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.297, -86.026
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.209, -85.837
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.449, -86.190
Unnamed MineIron—Occurrence31.256, -85.901
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.281, -85.850
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.294, -85.990
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence31.320, -86.075
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.297, -86.949
Alabama District #3Iron—Occurrence31.220, -86.147
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.400, -86.131
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.236, -85.899
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.353, -86.156
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.312, -86.019
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.303, -85.898
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.416, -86.192
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.445, -86.179
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.201, -86.024
Unnamed MineIron—Occurrence31.284, -85.947
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.486, -86.190

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 11 fossil collection records in Coffee County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Geneva County · Covington County · Dale County · Pike County · Crenshaw 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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