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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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Excelsior (Past Producer)Campbell (Past Producer)Big Hurricane (Past Producer)Davy Crockett (Past Producer)Roaring Hollow (Unknown)Copper (Prospect)Lucky Dog Mine (Unknown)Mud Hollow (Past Producer)Turkey Fat (Past Producer)Electric + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Unk (Past Producer)Jackpot (Prospect)Churchill (Past Producer)Silver Run (Past Producer)Mays & Redwine (Past Producer)Tomahawk (Past Producer)Ruby + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Orville Pemberton place (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
18 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

Orville Pemberton place

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 Manganese. Minerals mentioned: Quartz. Approx. location 36.008, -92.496. 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?

14
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

5
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

2
Unknown

Status not recorded.

1
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

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

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Zinc 19Copper 2Lead 1Manganese 1Quartz 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Davy CrockettZinc—Past Producer36.047, -92.789
RubyZinc—Prospect36.040, -92.510
ElectricZinc—Past Producer36.058, -92.643
TomahawkCopper—Past Producer36.053, -92.526
Big HurricaneZinc—Past Producer36.040, -92.825
Roaring HollowZinc—Unknown36.044, -92.806
HazeldellZinc—Prospect36.121, -92.678
ExcelsiorZinc—Past Producer36.056, -92.925
Turkey FatZinc—Past Producer36.043, -92.655
ChurchillZinc—Past Producer36.038, -92.578
JackpotZinc—Prospect36.040, -92.597
MaumeeZinc—Past Producer36.045, -92.650
CopperCopper, Zinc—Prospect36.058, -92.770
WinchesterZinc—Prospect36.040, -92.510
Silver RunZinc—Past Producer36.062, -92.562
Mays & RedwineZinc—Past Producer36.039, -92.560
UnkZinc—Past Producer36.043, -92.650
Lone StarZinc—Past Producer36.055, -92.640
CampbellZinc—Past Producer36.038, -92.908
Mud HollowZinc—Past Producer36.034, -92.683
Lucky Dog MineLead—Unknown36.061, -92.741
Orville Pemberton placeManganese—Occurrence36.008, -92.496

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 32 fossil collection records in Searcy County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Marion County · Van Buren County · Boone County · Baxter County · Newton County

Arkansas mineral guides

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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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