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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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Handy Phil - Handy Phil Pit (Producer)Rotonda Services Corp. - Rotonda Mine + 1 more nearby (Unknown)Rigby Airport Pit + 1 more nearby (Producer)Apac-Florida - Viercocken Pit (Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
4 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.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

5
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

1
Unknown

Status not recorded.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Sand 4Calcium 2

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Rigby Airport PitCalcium—Producer26.931, -82.047
Pit 31Calcium—Producer26.931, -82.047
Apac-Florida - Viercocken PitSand—Producer26.933, -82.006
Handy Phil - Handy Phil PitSand—Producer26.916, -82.316
Rotonda Services Corp. - Rotonda MineSand—Unknown26.871, -82.212
Quality Mining, Inc. - Rotonda SpringsSand—Producer26.871, -82.212

Fossil collections

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

Nearby counties

DeSoto County · Sarasota County · Manatee County · Lee County · Hardee County

Florida mineral guides

Back to all Florida 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 USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date.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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