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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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Dirtseller Mt. Area (Past Producer)Dirseller Mt. Area-B (Past Producer)Neal Mine (Past Producer)Taylor Mine (Past Producer)Summerville Bauxite (Past Producer)Menlo Area (Past Producer)Maddox's Mine Area (Past Producer)Maddox's Mine Area-B (Past Producer)Justice Deposit (Prospect)Northwest Georgia Bauxite (Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
10 paw pins, one per site. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 2 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?

8
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

3
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

1
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

Hematite 4Kaolinite 1Gibbsite 1

Commodities

Iron 5Aluminum 4Kaolin 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Summerville BauxiteAluminumGibbsitePast Producer34.481, -85.347
Menlo AreaIronHematitePast Producer34.482, -85.316
Maddox's Mine AreaIronHematitePast Producer34.445, -85.311
Neal MineIronHematitePast Producer34.557, -85.417
Maddox's Mine Area-BIronHematitePast Producer34.467, -85.299
Northwest Georgia BauxiteKaolinKaoliniteProducer34.500, -85.167
Dirtseller Mt. Area——Past Producer34.371, -85.466
Dirseller Mt. Area-B——Past Producer34.396, -85.449
Justice DepositAluminum—Prospect34.564, -85.282
Barbour ProspectIron—Prospect34.451, -80.196
Shropshtre Deposit 1Aluminum—Prospect34.483, -85.103
Taylor MineAluminum—Past Producer34.486, -85.352

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 3 fossil collection records in Chattooga County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Walker County · Gordon County · Floyd County · Dade County · Polk County

Georgia 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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