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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
15 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 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 31.232, -85.682. 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?

16
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

1
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

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 16Silica 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Unnamed QuarrySilicaQuartzProducer31.232, -85.682
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.259, -85.211
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.267, -85.297
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.292, -85.227
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.296, -85.302
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.300, -85.149
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.274, -85.127
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.252, -85.129
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.264, -85.437
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.287, -85.225
Unnamed Iron DepositIron—Occurrence31.179, -85.136
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.259, -85.442
Unnamed Iron DepositIron—Occurrence31.294, -85.196
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.241, -85.481
Unnamed Iron DepositIron—Occurrence31.162, -85.124
Unnamed Iron DepositIron—Occurrence31.299, -85.211
Unnamed DepositIron—Occurrence31.236, -85.519

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 3 fossil collection records in Houston County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Dale County · Henry County · Barbour County · Geneva County · Coffee 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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