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Rockford Area (Occurrence)Dixie Farms Deposit (Occurrence)Dutch Bend Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Duncan Prospect (Past Producer)Mass Prospect (Occurrence)Hog Mountain Mine (Past Producer)Mahan Pits + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Maham Pits + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Duncan Prospect (Occurrence)Gregory Hill Lode and Placer (Past Producer)Blue Hill and Gregory Hill Mines + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Dent Hill Prospect + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)Early Pits Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Croft Pits + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Alabama King Mine (Past Producer)Holly Prospect (Occurrence)Thomas Mine (Past Producer)Farrow Hill Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Tine Burnett Lode + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Al King Mine (Past Producer)Germany Pits Prospect + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)Houston Pits (Occurrence)Bonner-Terrell Mine (Past Producer)Preacher Gunn Prospect (Occurrence)Birdsong Pits + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Lowe Mine Hawthorne Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Hawthorne Mine (Past Producer)Robert Russell Prospect (Occurrence)Perry Wise-Sanders Prospect (Occurrence)Jennings Lode + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)W W Hicks Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Hammock Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)B E Kidd Jr Mine + 5 more nearby (Past Producer)Collum-Taylor Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Goldville Pits (Past Producer)Johnson Prospect (Occurrence)Knight Asbestos Prospect (Prospect)Howard Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Dock Heard Mine (Past Producer)Buttston Mica Mine (Unknown)Saunders Prospect (Occurrence)Prather Prospect (Occurrence)Morgan Placer + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Clem Vines North Prospect + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)Garfield Heard Property (Occurrence)Carleton Mine (Past Producer)Harris Prospect (Prospect)Ware Prospect (Prospect)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
48 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 3 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

Dutch Bend Mine

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 2 gem or collectible minerals (Quartz, Gold) and 3 of our card minerals overall. That ties with 3 other site(s), so we broke the tie by mine status (past producers first), then USGS record quality, then name. USGS lists it as past producer for Gold. Minerals mentioned: Quartz, Gold, Pyrite. Approx. location 32.995, -85.875. USGS record.

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Field cards: what kind of sites?

42
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

31
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

8
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

1
Unknown

Status not recorded.

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

Gold 35Talc 5Pyrite 3Barite 1Chalcopyrite 1Ilmenite 1Marcasite 1

Commodities

Gold 49Mica 19Talc-Soapstone 10Titanium 3Asbestos 1Fluorine-Fluorite 1

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Dutch Bend MineGoldBarite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, PyritePast Producer32.995, -85.875
Blue Hill and Gregory Hill MinesGoldGoldPast Producer32.758, -85.864
Mahan PitsGoldGoldOccurrence33.010, -85.861
Mass ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence32.704, -85.894
Morgan PlacerGoldGoldOccurrence32.968, -85.635
Stone Pits ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence33.025, -85.844
Tallapoosa MineGoldGoldPast Producer33.033, -85.833
Hog Mountain MineGoldGoldPast Producer33.076, -85.851
Chisolm ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence32.995, -85.861
Duncan ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence32.956, -85.867
Goldville Pits ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence33.083, -85.775
Holly ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence32.821, -85.844
Long Branch ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence32.706, -85.854
Preacher Gunn ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence32.864, -85.792
Silver Hill MineGoldGoldPast Producer32.717, -85.867
Bonner-Terrell MineGoldGoldPast Producer32.881, -85.792
Log MineGoldGoldPast Producer33.053, -85.808
Johnson ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence32.982, -85.678
Jennings LodeGoldGoldOccurrence32.952, -85.728
Owl Hollow PlacerGoldGoldPast Producer32.752, -85.865
Hawthorne MineGoldGoldPast Producer33.072, -85.742
Hammock MineGoldGoldPast Producer32.964, -85.712
Griffin ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence33.967, -85.687
Greer ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence33.964, -85.703
Germany Pits ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence33.083, -85.775
Farrow Hill ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence32.736, -85.839
Early Pits MineGoldGoldPast Producer33.036, -85.828
Dent Hill ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence32.717, -85.861
Houston PitsGoldGoldOccurrence33.072, -85.789
Croft PitsGoldGoldOccurrence33.025, -85.844
Birdsong PitsGoldGoldOccurrence33.100, -85.764
Tine Burnett LodeGoldGoldOccurrence33.050, -85.806
Alabama King MineGoldGoldPast Producer32.867, -85.829
Lowe MineGoldGold, Ilmenite, Marcasite, PyritePast Producer33.088, -85.774
Jones PitsGoldGold, PyritePast Producer33.097, -85.764
Garfield Heard PropertyTalc-SoapstoneTalcOccurrence32.919, -85.619
Perry Wise-Sanders ProspectTalc-SoapstoneTalcOccurrence32.886, -85.757
Clem Vines South ProspectTalc-SoapstoneTalcOccurrence32.924, -85.614
Clem Vines North ProspectTalc-SoapstoneTalcOccurrence32.927, -85.614
Prather ProspectTalc-SoapstoneTalcOccurrence32.921, -85.658

Nearby counties

Chambers County · Coosa County · Clay County · Lee 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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