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County Chert Pit (Past Producer)Lafollette Coal and Iron Co. Mine (Past Producer)Loomis Cut (Past Producer)Sugar Valley Land Company Mine (Past Producer)C.J.Hord Property (Prospect)C.S. Bryan Property (Unknown)Old Alabama Mine (Past Producer)R T Dempsey Prospect (Occurrence)L.P. Byrd Property (Past Producer)H.M. Shellhorse Property (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
10 paw pins, one per site. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 5 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?

11
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

2
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

1
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

1
Unknown

Status not recorded.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Iron 9Talc-Soapstone 4Silica 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Plainville Area-A?——Past Producer34.386, -85.050
Lafollette Coal and Iron Co. MineIron—Past Producer34.578, -85.053
County Chert PitSilica—Past Producer34.605, -85.046
Sugar Valley Land Company MineIron—Past Producer34.529, -85.038
H.M. Shellhorse PropertyIron—Occurrence34.443, -84.685
C.J.Hord PropertyIron—Prospect34.487, -85.048
Old Alabama MineIron—Past Producer34.549, -85.023
Loomis CutIron—Past Producer34.556, -85.048
L.P. Byrd PropertyIron—Past Producer34.438, -84.693
Cohutta Talc MineTalc-Soapstone—Past Producer34.716, -84.756
R T Dempsey ProspectIron—Occurrence34.428, -84.880
Fort Mtn Talc CoTalc-Soapstone—Past Producer34.786, -84.711
Southern Talc CoTalc-Soapstone—Past Producer34.750, -84.736
C.S. Bryan PropertyIron—Unknown34.466, -85.043
Georgia Talc MineTalc-Soapstone—Past Producer34.743, -84.732

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 fossil collection records in Gordon County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Chattooga County · Catoosa County · Walker County · Whitfield County · Murray 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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