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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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Banks Property (Past Producer)Cool Spring Church (Past Producer)Muddy Creek Prospect (Past Producer)Smith Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Johnson Property (Past Producer)Parks Mine Et Al. (Past Producer)Elrod/Stephens/Keath/Newton/Ivy Mt./Prater Mines + 5 more nearby (Past Producer)Vickers Prospect (Past Producer)Merck Mine (Past Producer)Rogers and Anderson Prospect (Past Producer)Merk (Prospect)O'Shields (Prospect)Jones + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Twitty? Mine + 6 more nearby (Past Producer)Glade Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)A.G. Jennings (Past Producer)Armour Prospect (Prospect)Savage Placer (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
18 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.

Woof’s favorite find

Currahee Mine

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 2 gem or collectible minerals (Quartz, Gold) and 3 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as prospect for Gold. Minerals mentioned: Quartz, Gold, Pyrite. Approx. location 34.311, -83.817. USGS record.

Ask first: a USGS record doesn’t mean you can visit. Find out who owns the land and get permission before collecting.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

19
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

16
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

1
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

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 33Pyrite 2

Commodities

Gold 33Mica 3Manganese 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Vickers ProspectGoldGoldPast Producer34.233, -83.889
Prater MineGoldGoldProspect34.375, -83.875
Ivy Mtn.GoldGoldProspect34.375, -83.875
KeathGoldGoldProspect34.375, -83.875
StephensGoldGoldProspect34.375, -83.875
Big Joe MineGoldGoldProspect34.420, -83.917
OdomGoldGoldProspect34.420, -83.917
Brenau CollegeGoldGoldProspect34.311, -83.817
Mammoth MineGoldGoldProspect34.311, -83.817
StoweGoldGoldProspect34.311, -83.817
DeanGoldGoldProspect34.311, -83.817
PotosiGoldGoldProspect34.420, -83.917
PassGoldGoldProspect34.358, -83.819
Longstreet MineGoldGoldProspect34.358, -83.819
Deavours MineGoldGoldProspect34.418, -83.746
MerkGoldGoldProspect34.348, -83.829
Maynas MineGoldGoldPast Producer34.311, -83.817
Rogers and Anderson ProspectGoldGoldPast Producer34.308, -83.844
Savage PlacerGoldGoldPast Producer34.422, -83.717
Parks Mine Et Al.GoldGoldPast Producer34.439, -83.882
Cool Spring ChurchGoldGoldPast Producer34.381, -83.937
Banks PropertyGoldGoldPast Producer34.208, -83.975
Johnson PropertyGoldGoldPast Producer34.349, -83.906
O'ShieldsGoldGoldProspect34.338, -83.833
NewtonGoldGoldProspect34.375, -83.875
Smith MineGoldGoldPast Producer34.420, -83.917
Elrod/Stephens/Keath/Newton/Ivy Mt./Prater MinesGoldGoldPast Producer34.375, -83.875
A.G. JenningsGoldGoldPast Producer34.378, -83.736
JonesGoldGoldPast Producer34.358, -83.819
Muddy Creek ProspectGoldGoldPast Producer34.233, -83.944
Twitty? MineGoldGoldPast Producer34.311, -83.817
Glade MineGoldGold, PyritePast Producer34.418, -83.746
Currahee MineGoldGold, PyriteProspect34.311, -83.817
Armour ProspectManganese—Prospect34.492, -83.729
Merck MineMica—Past Producer34.371, -83.872
Unnamed ProspectsMica—Occurrence34.374, -84.874

Nearby counties

Lumpkin County · Dawson County · Forsyth County · White County · Gwinnett 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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