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C W Chumley Property (Past Producer)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Collinsville Area, Unnamed (Past Producer)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Old Portersville Mines (Past Producer)Unnamed, Red Mt. Area (Past Producer)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Dekalb County (Unknown)Fort Payne Area + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Browder Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Fort Payne Area-B + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Consolidated #2 (Past Producer)Unnamed Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Unnamed Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Allen Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect (Prospect)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Unnamed Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)L.O.Clark Prospect + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)Valley Head Area (Past Producer)Unnamed Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect + 11 more nearby (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed, Suphur Springs Area + 4 more nearby (Past Producer)Ragon Mining Co. Battelle Area + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
32 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

Unnamed Prospect

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 of the minerals on our cards and 1 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as prospect for Sulfur-Pyrite. Minerals mentioned: Pyrite. Approx. location 34.697, -85.574. 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?

29
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

17
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

15
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

1
Unknown

Status not recorded.

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

Hematite 8Bauxite 1

Commodities

Iron 53Aluminum 4Kaolin 3Sulfur-Pyrite 1

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Ne Alabama Bauxite-KaolinKaolin, AluminumBauxiteOccurrence34.000, -86.000
Ragon Mining Co. Battelle AreaIronHematitePast Producer34.665, -85.558
Unnamed, Suphur Springs AreaIronHematitePast Producer34.712, -85.561
Old Portersville MinesIronHematitePast Producer34.333, -85.822
Collinsville Area, UnnamedIronHematitePast Producer34.277, -85.867
Fort Payne AreaIronHematitePast Producer34.431, -85.742
Valley Head AreaIronHematitePast Producer34.575, -85.617
Unnamed, Red Mt. AreaIronHematitePast Producer34.302, -85.844
Fort Payne Area-BIronHematitePast Producer34.457, -85.725
C W Chumley Property——Past Producer34.224, -85.973
Unnamed ProspectAluminum—Occurrence34.529, -85.679
Browder MineKaolin—Past Producer34.484, -85.732
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence34.592, -85.642
Unnamed MineIron—Past Producer34.681, -85.590
Unnamed ProspectIron—Prospect34.668, -85.600
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence34.635, -85.585
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence34.688, -85.582
Unnamed ProspectIron—Prospect34.703, -85.569
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence34.697, -85.576
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence34.398, -85.830
Unnamed ProspectIron—Prospect34.705, -85.564
Dekalb County——Unknown34.451, -85.750
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence34.651, -85.571
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence34.619, -85.632
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence34.497, -85.684
Unnamed ProspectIron—Prospect34.545, -85.678
L.O.Clark ProspectIron—Occurrence34.654, -85.607
Fort Payne MineIron—Past Producer34.451, -85.728
Allen ProspectIron—Occurrence34.516, -85.667
Unnamed ProspectIron—Past Producer34.715, -85.557
Unnamed ProspectIron—Prospect34.712, -85.558
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence34.384, -85.849
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence34.698, -85.574
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence34.667, -85.564
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence34.783, -85.570
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence34.790, -85.572
Unnamed ProspectsIron—Prospect34.691, -85.580
Unnamed ProspectAluminum—Occurrence34.529, -85.697
Unnamed ProspectSulfur-Pyrite—Prospect34.697, -85.574
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence34.695, -85.577

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 fossil collection records in DeKalb County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

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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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