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Unknown/Bowers Properties (Past Producer)Horse Head Mine (Past Producer)Bromer Ayers Deposit (Occurrence)Hartwell Quarry & Mill (Plant)Hays Property + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Brown Mine (Kings Mount Gold Mine) (Past Producer)Lon Allen Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Kiefer Adams Deposit (Occurrence)Garner Mine (Past Producer)Green Rose Mine (Past Producer)Mccrary Prospect (Prospect)Unknown, Prospect + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Hubert Creek Deposit + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Idell Jordan Deposit + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Unknown, Prospect (Past Producer)Isam Sanders Deposit (Occurrence)Scott & Haley Deposit (Occurrence)Scott Mine (Past Producer)Piedmont Belt Kyn Occurrence (Occurrence)Rowland Mine (Past Producer)H & P Mine & McKinney Mine (Past Producer)T A Anderson Deposit (Occurrence)Sula Mccurley Deposit (Occurrence)Cole Deposit (Occurrence)Thorton Deposit + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Ruth Jones Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Burco Deposit & R H Burns Deposit (Occurrence)Old Parks Property Prospect (Occurrence)Shiflett Prospect (Prospect)Carter Mine (Past Producer)Sloan Reed Deposit (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
31 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

Brown Mine (Kings Mount Gold Mine)

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Gold) and 1 of our card minerals overall. That ties with 5 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 34.275, -83.051. USGS record.

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Field cards: what kind of sites?

18
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

17
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

3
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

1
Plant

A processing plant site.

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 6

Commodities

Mica 30Gold 6Feldspar 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Unknown, ProspectGoldGoldPast Producer34.381, -83.030
Unknown, ProspectGoldGoldPast Producer34.395, -82.993
Unknown/Bowers PropertiesGoldGoldPast Producer34.363, -83.097
Hays PropertyGoldGoldPast Producer34.342, -83.061
Brown Mine (Kings Mount Gold Mine)GoldGoldPast Producer34.275, -83.051
Winter PropertyGoldGoldProspect34.342, -83.061
Piedmont Belt Kyn Occurrence——Occurrence34.352, -82.966
Sula Mccurley DepositMica—Occurrence34.394, -82.938
Scott MineMica—Past Producer34.357, -82.976
Mccrary ProspectMica—Prospect34.286, -83.047
Idell Jordan DepositMica—Occurrence34.319, -83.031
Horse Head MineMica—Past Producer34.347, -83.082
H & P Mine & McKinney MineMica—Past Producer34.323, -82.940
Bailey MineMica—Past Producer34.383, -82.022
Scott & Haley DepositMica—Occurrence34.325, -83.000
Lon Allen MineMica—Past Producer34.383, -83.037
Rowland MineFeldspar—Past Producer34.362, -82.959
Hubert Creek DepositMica—Occurrence34.342, -83.031
Thorton DepositMica—Occurrence34.361, -82.936
Green Rose MineMica—Past Producer34.329, -83.037
Old Parks Property ProspectMica—Occurrence34.359, -82.862
Isam Sanders DepositMica—Occurrence34.357, -82.989
Kiefer Adams DepositMica—Occurrence34.362, -83.039
Cole DepositMica—Occurrence34.378, -82.933
Burco Deposit & R H Burns DepositMica—Occurrence34.339, -82.918
Sloan Reed DepositMica—Occurrence34.352, -82.817
Waterhole MineMica—Past Producer34.382, -83.040
Hartwell Quarry & Mill——Plant34.371, -83.057
Ruth Jones MineMica—Past Producer34.333, -82.933
Unnamed Mica ProspectsMica—Occurrence34.385, -83.035
Bromer Ayers DepositMica—Occurrence34.279, -83.074
T A Anderson DepositMica—Occurrence34.297, -82.949
Shiflett ProspectMica—Prospect34.280, -82.836
Garner MineMica—Past Producer34.344, -83.038
Lloyd Johnson DepositMica—Occurrence34.326, -83.031
Carter MineMica—Past Producer34.270, -82.834
Bobo DepositMica—Occurrence34.362, -82.937
Scrap MineMica—Past Producer34.331, -82.931
Banister MineMica—Past Producer34.347, -83.034

Nearby counties

Franklin County · Elbert County · Madison County · Baker County · Oglethorpe 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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