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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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Hollins (Royal) Mine (Past Producer)Royal Mine (Past Producer)Edwards Mine (Past Producer)Jackson-Mcbride Prospect (Occurrence)No Name (Past Producer)Crew Prospect (Occurrence)Reeds Mt. Mine (Past Producer)Dean Property (Past Producer)W J Speight Prospect (Prospect)No Name (Past Producer)H P Blackmon Prospect (Prospect)J.W. Thomason's Property (Occurrence)Smith-Mccandless + 3 more nearby (Occurrence)McBrayer's Property (Occurrence)Tallapoosa Mine (Past Producer)No Name + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)W M Raburn Prospect (Occurrence)Frazier-King Mine (Past Producer)Gober Property (Occurrence)W.M. Raburn Property + 3 more nearby (Occurrence)T.R. King Property + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Douglas Prospects (Past Producer)W T Raburn Prospect (Occurrence)Draketown Dist. (Douglas Mn Prospect & Statham Property) (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
24 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

Dean 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 9 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 33.820, -85.121. 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?

18
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

14
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

2
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

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 4Pyrite 3Sphalerite 2Chalcopyrite 2Limonite 2Chalcocite 1Manganese Ox-Hydrous 1Iron Oxides-Hydrated 1

Commodities

Gold 10Sulfur 8Copper 4Iron-Pyrite 3Iron 2Manganese 1Cobalt 1Zinc 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Hollins (Royal) MineGoldGoldPast Producer33.710, -85.282
No NameGoldGoldPast Producer33.850, -85.074
No NameGoldGoldPast Producer33.799, -85.117
No NameGoldGoldPast Producer33.813, -85.186
Draketown Dist. (Douglas Mn Prospect & Statham Property)ManganeseIron Oxides-HydratedPast Producer33.850, -85.041
T.R. King PropertyIronLimonitePast Producer33.867, -85.043
Reeds Mt. MineIron-PyritePyrite, Limonite, Manganese Ox-HydrousPast Producer33.702, -85.131
Smith-MccandlessIron-PyritePyrite, Sphalerite, ChalcopyriteOccurrence33.850, -85.083
Tallapoosa MineIron-Pyrite, CopperSphalerite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, PyritePast Producer33.850, -85.083
Crew ProspectGold—Occurrence33.762, -85.167
J.W. Thomason's PropertyGold—Occurrence33.756, -85.095
Dean PropertyGold—Past Producer33.820, -85.121
McBrayer's PropertyGold—Occurrence33.826, -85.090
Edwards MineGold—Past Producer33.787, -85.244
Tallapoosa MineCopper—Past Producer33.850, -85.083
W T Raburn ProspectSulfur—Occurrence33.725, -85.051
H P Blackmon ProspectSulfur—Prospect33.848, -85.097
King Property——Occurrence33.868, -85.045
Tallapoosa Copper Mine——Past Producer33.858, -85.080
Frazier-King MineIron—Past Producer33.864, -85.067
W M Raburn ProspectSulfur—Occurrence33.718, -85.069
Douglas Prospects——Past Producer33.853, -85.047
W J Speight ProspectSulfur—Prospect33.830, -85.106
Royal MineGold—Past Producer33.696, -85.284
Jackson-Mcbride ProspectSulfur—Occurrence33.791, -85.208
Smith-Mccandless MineCopper—Past Producer33.865, -85.054
Tallapoosa MineCopper—Past Producer33.860, -85.076
Reeds Mountain MineSulfur—Past Producer33.700, -85.134
Smith-Candless ProspectCobalt—Occurrence33.850, -85.083
W.M. Raburn Property——Occurrence33.717, -85.062
J Humphrey ProspectSulfur—Occurrence33.717, -85.066
Westbrook Property——Occurrence33.725, -85.062
Gober Property——Occurrence33.847, -85.063
Ada Mrs W M Raburn ProspectSulfur—Occurrence33.721, -85.065

Nearby counties

Carroll County · Paulding County · Douglas County · Polk County · Floyd 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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