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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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Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
6 paw pins, one per site. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 2 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 Quarry

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Quartz) and 1 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as producer for Silica. Minerals mentioned: Quartz. Approx. location 31.155, -85.794. 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?

6
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

1
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

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

Quartz 1

Commodities

Iron 7Silica 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Unnamed QuarrySilicaQuartzProducer31.155, -85.794
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.108, -86.634
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.081, -85.899
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.094, -85.542
Unnamed MineIron—Past Producer31.663, -86.441
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.091, -85.811
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.118, -85.623
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.146, -85.771

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 6 fossil collection records in Geneva County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Dale County · Coffee County · Houston County · Covington County · Pike County

Alabama mineral guides

Back to all Alabama counties.

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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