Rockhounding in Santa Rosa County, FL: 24 USGS Mineral Sites (2026)

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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Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown

16 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.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

Unknown

Status not recorded.

Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

Plant

A processing plant site.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

Sand 4Rutile 1Zircon 1Ilmenite 1

Commodities

Sand 19Sulfur 3Petroleum (Oil) 2Titanium-Heavy Minerals 1Kaolin 1

Sites

Site	Commodity	Minerals recorded	Status	Approx. location
Pensacola Bay Placer	Titanium-Heavy Minerals	Rutile, Zircon, Ilmenite	Occurrence	30.400, -87.017
Salter/3-C's - Pea Ridge Mine	Sand	Sand	Unknown	30.599, -87.096
Salter/3-C's - Taylor Mine	Sand	Sand	Unknown	30.598, -86.979
Salter/3-C's - Baker Mine	Sand	Sand	Unknown	30.602, -86.981
Salter/3-C's - B.Lowery Mine	Sand	Sand	Unknown	30.606, -86.981
Y P S Kaolin Prospect	Kaolin	—	Prospect	30.624, -87.915
Jayfield Sulfer Plant	Sulfur	—	Plant	30.954, -87.152
M and L Sand Co. - Navarre Mine	Sand	—	Producer	30.450, -86.876
O.C. Mills Sand Co. - Mills Mine	Sand	—	Producer	30.452, -86.872
Blackjack Creek	Petroleum (Oil)	—	Unknown	30.850, -87.100
Jay	Petroleum (Oil)	—	Unknown	30.967, -87.183
Dot Pensacola - Clear Creek Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.724, -87.063
Dot Pensacola - County Line Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.694, -86.794
Dot Pensacola - Rest Area Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.609, -86.980
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. -Holly Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.454, -86.865
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Hickory Hammock Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.599, -86.980
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - T-Field Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.631, -86.998
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Santa Rosa Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.595, -87.111
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Ward Basin Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.611, -86.949
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Jay Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.993, -87.125
Santa Rosa County Road Dept. - Cox Forest Retention Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.632, -86.970
Santa Rosa Co. Road Dept. - Saddle Club Estates Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.660, -87.170
W.P.R., Inc. - Russell Sand Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.588, -87.070
Three Trade Consultants, Inc. - Three Trade Consult.	Sand	—	Producer	30.641, -86.955

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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.

Updated October 2026

Rockhounding in Santa Rosa County, Florida