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Ginn Placer (Past Producer)Brown Property (Past Producer)Adams Mine (Prospect)Norman Sillimanite Prospect (Prospect)Dewey Rose Prospect (Prospect)Frank Mewburn Prospect (Prospect)Pyramid Quarry + 1 more nearby (Producer)Blue Ribbon Quarry (Past Producer)Peerless Extra Blue Quarry (Producer)Veal Blue Quarry + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Highpoint Quarry (Producer)Swift Quarry Mcclanahan (Producer)Blue Diamond Quarry (Producer)Worley Blue Quarry + 1 more nearby (Producer)C U Gaines Prospect (Prospect)Rock Branch Church Prospect (Prospect)Adams Quarry (Producer)Beaver Dam Quarry (Past Producer)Hedquist Pink Quarry Keystone Gr (Producer)J H Moore Mine + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Anderson Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Church Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Heard Mine + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Robin Blue Quarry (Producer)J H Craft Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Cooley Mine (Past Producer)Crawford Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)J M Skelton Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
28 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. 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.

Woof’s favorite find

Brown Property

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Gold) and 1 of our card minerals overall. That ties with 2 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: Gold. Approx. location 34.157, -83.057. USGS record.

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Field cards: what kind of sites?

16
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

15
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

10
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 3

Commodities

Mica 22Granite 15Gold 3Kyanite 1

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Brown PropertyGoldGoldPast Producer34.157, -83.057
Ginn PlacerGoldGoldPast Producer34.232, -83.046
Ginn PlacerGoldGoldPast Producer34.217, -83.067
Church ProspectMica—Prospect34.247, -82.804
Highpoint QuarryGranite—Producer34.020, -82.896
Heard MineMica—Prospect34.217, -82.796
C U Gaines ProspectMica—Prospect34.264, -82.826
Peerless Extra Blue QuarryGranite—Producer34.137, -82.915
Veal Blue QuarryGranite—Past Producer34.112, -82.908
Swift Quarry McclanahanGranite—Producer34.092, -82.864
Frank Mewburn ProspectMica—Prospect34.157, -82.958
Blue Diamond QuarryGranite—Producer34.025, -82.876
Robin Blue QuarryGranite—Producer34.214, -82.790
Crawford MineMica—Past Producer34.240, -82.782
J M Skelton ProspectMica—Prospect34.251, -82.757
Worley Blue QuarryGranite—Producer34.132, -82.846
New Bethel M E Church ProspectMica—Prospect34.252, -82.764
Rock Branch Church ProspectMica—Prospect34.236, -82.825
Scales QuarryGranite—Past Producer34.115, -82.905
Adams MineMica—Prospect34.154, -82.987
Hedquist Pink Quarry Keystone GrGranite—Producer34.065, -82.835
J H Craft ProspectMica—Prospect34.275, -82.770
Pyramid QuarryGranite—Producer34.099, -82.923
M L Gaines MineMica—Past Producer34.240, -82.804
Cooley MineMica—Past Producer34.258, -82.772
J H Moore MineMica—Prospect34.248, -82.809
Adams QuarryGranite—Producer34.158, -82.829
Albert Brown ProspectMica—Prospect34.255, -82.579
Dewey Rose ProspectMica—Prospect34.172, -82.958
Anderson MineMica—Past Producer34.220, -82.821
Alexander MineMica—Past Producer34.230, -82.808
Coronet QuarryGranite—Past Producer34.125, -82.848
Daniel MineMica—Past Producer34.239, -82.782
Blue Ribbon QuarryGranite—Past Producer34.191, -82.907
Beaver Dam QuarryGranite—Past Producer34.144, -82.832
Sweet City QuarryGranite—Producer34.094, -82.925
Norman Sillimanite ProspectKyanite—Prospect34.189, -82.972
Chapman MineMica—Past Producer34.224, -82.815
Unnamed Mica ProspectMica—Prospect34.239, -82.817
Turner ProspectMica—Prospect34.267, -82.783

Nearby counties

Baker County · Hart County · Madison County · Oglethorpe County · Franklin 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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