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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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Bruce Priester Prospect (Occurrence)Yarborough-Smith-Neighbor Prospect (Prospect)North Opelika Gibbsite Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Hilyer-Knight Prospect (Occurrence)Lee 1 Clay Prospect (Prospect)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
5 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

T H Clower Prospect

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 2 of the minerals on our cards and 2 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as unknown for Feldspar, Mica. Minerals mentioned: Mica, Feldspar. Approx. location 32.693, -85.374. 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?

3
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

2
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

Gibbsite 1Kaolinite 1

Commodities

Feldspar 2Mica 2Aluminum 1Titanium 1Iron 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
North Opelika Gibbsite ProspectAluminumGibbsite, KaoliniteOccurrence32.675, -85.367
T H Clower ProspectFeldspar, Mica—Unknown32.693, -85.374
Bruce Priester ProspectTitanium—Occurrence32.695, -85.465
Hilyer-Knight ProspectIron—Occurrence32.616, -85.349
Yarborough-Smith-Neighbor ProspectMica—Prospect32.659, -85.455
Lee 1 Clay ProspectFeldspar—Prospect32.712, -85.133

Nearby counties

Chambers County · Tallapoosa County · Clay County · Coosa County · Randolph County

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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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