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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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Helena, Ne Of (Past Producer)Siluria, W Of (Past Producer)Landmark Quarry & Lime Mill + 1 more nearby (Producer)Longview (Past Producer)C B Naish Mine (Past Producer)Longview Saginaw District + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Longview Mine & Lime Plant + 1 more nearby (Producer)C Johnson Prospect (Occurrence)Shelby Pit/Kingdom Area (Past Producer)Shelby Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Columbiana Red Ore Prospect (Occurrence)P. Howland (Past Producer)Petrie Howland Mine (Past Producer)W W Wyatt Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)T C Elliott Prospect (Occurrence)T. J. Florey + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)No Name Given (Past Producer)Luther Davis Property (Past Producer)Luther Davis Mine (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
19 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

Columbiana Red Ore Prospect

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 occurrence for Iron. Minerals mentioned: Quartz. Approx. location 33.222, -86.565. 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?

17
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

4
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

3
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

3
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

3
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

Goethite 5Limonite 5Hematite 1

Commodities

Barium-Barite 18Iron 8Calcium 3Manganese 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Shelby MineIronGoethitePast Producer33.122, -86.594
LongviewIronGoethite, LimonitePast Producer33.186, -86.800
Helena, Ne OfIronGoethite, LimonitePast Producer33.300, -86.833
Siluria, W OfIronGoethite, LimonitePast Producer33.232, -86.840
Shelby Pit/Kingdom AreaIronGoethite, LimonitePast Producer33.127, -86.589
Columbiana Red Ore ProspectIronHematiteOccurrence33.222, -86.565
No Name GivenIronLimonitePast Producer33.445, -86.403
Longview Saginaw DistrictBarium-Barite—Past Producer33.203, -86.772
Luther Davis PropertyBarium-Barite—Past Producer33.387, -86.426
T. J. FloreyBarium-Barite—Past Producer33.325, -86.436
P. HowlandBarium-Barite—Past Producer33.255, -86.501
W.W.WyattBarium-Barite—Past Producer33.316, -86.449
Luther Davis MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer33.382, -86.401
J E Naish ProspectBarium-Barite—Prospect33.202, -86.778
Landmark Quarry & Lime MillCalcium—Producer33.229, -86.817
A M Leonard ProspectBarium-Barite—Prospect33.202, -86.775
C V Moore ProspectBarium-Barite—Unknown33.200, -86.775
C B Naish MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer33.212, -86.781
W W Wyatt MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer33.404, -86.446
F P Cater Iron Ore ProspectIron—Unknown33.314, -86.451
Longview Mine & Lime PlantCalcium—Producer33.202, -86.767
T C Elliott ProspectBarium-Barite—Occurrence33.390, -86.444
Longview Lime Works MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer33.200, -86.768
C Johnson ProspectBarium-Barite—Occurrence33.214, -86.731
A and B MineBarium-Barite—Producer33.066, -86.483
Petrie Howland MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer33.252, -86.500
T S Florey ProspectBarium-Barite—Prospect33.412, -86.435
Chain Gang Pit——Unknown33.113, -86.588
R P Tucker ProspectBarium-Barite—Prospect33.413, -86.429
Alabaster Lime PlantCalcium—Past Producer33.246, -86.817

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 13 fossil collection records in Shelby County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Jefferson County · Talladega County · Chilton County · Coosa County · Tuscaloosa 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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