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Battles Mine (Past Producer)Persons Northeast Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Rev. Thaddeus Persons Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Holmes Mine (Past Producer)O B Clements Prospect (Prospect)Peters Mine (Past Producer)Homer Hardin Mine (Past Producer)Holloway Mine (Past Producer)C A Ensign Mine (Past Producer)Phinazee Mines + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Thurman Mine (Past Producer)Fletcher Mine (Past Producer)U.S.Fuller Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)L P Goodwin Mine (Past Producer)Ruffin Prospects (Prospect)Marie Vaughn Deposit (Occurrence)Calloway Mine (Past Producer)Old Callaway Prospect (Prospect)Brooks Mine (Past Producer)Cox Prospect (Prospect)Westbrooks Prospect (Prospect)E B Butler Prospect (Prospect)Rosa Fletcher Prospect (Prospect)C M Sutton Prospect (Prospect)Coleman Prospect (Prospect)Smith Mine (Past Producer)E J Goggins Prospect (Prospect)Willie Bowdoin Mine (Prospect)New Ground Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)A T Redding Prospects (Prospect)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
30 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

Owl Hollow Prospect

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Garnet) and 1 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as prospect for Garnet. Minerals mentioned: Garnet. Approx. location 33.085, -83.814. 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.

17
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

2
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

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Mica 37Garnet 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Rev. Thaddeus Persons MineMica—Past Producer32.917, -84.097
Phinazee MinesMica—Past Producer33.016, -83.988
Thurman MineMica—Past Producer33.006, -83.992
Coleman ProspectMica—Prospect33.153, -83.909
Old Callaway ProspectMica—Prospect33.068, -83.938
Persons Northeast ProspectMica—Prospect32.921, -84.102
Battles MineMica—Past Producer32.887, -84.124
L P Goodwin MineMica—Past Producer33.019, -83.974
Ruffin ProspectsMica—Prospect32.934, -83.961
L D Owen ProspectMica—Prospect32.977, -83.665
Marie Vaughn DepositMica—Occurrence33.155, -83.942
C M Sutton ProspectMica—Prospect33.163, -83.914
Haygood ProspectMica—Prospect32.907, -84.099
Peters MineMica—Past Producer32.971, -84.036
Cox ProspectMica—Prospect32.969, -83.942
Holloway MineMica—Past Producer32.900, -84.004
Persons West ProspectMica—Prospect32.921, -84.096
Holmes MineMica—Past Producer32.886, -84.096
U.S.Fuller ProspectMica—Occurrence33.063, -83.980
Westbrooks ProspectMica—Prospect33.187, -83.927
Homer Hardin MineMica—Past Producer32.897, -84.022
Calloway MineMica—Past Producer33.075, -83.936
Rosa Fletcher ProspectMica—Prospect32.988, -83.933
Smith MineMica—Past Producer33.172, -83.900
E J Goggins ProspectMica—Prospect33.158, -83.875
E B Butler ProspectMica—Prospect33.163, -83.930
Fletcher MineMica—Past Producer32.972, -83.995
A T Redding ProspectsMica—Prospect33.088, -83.800
Willie Bowdoin MineMica—Prospect33.056, -83.861
Brooks MineMica—Past Producer32.997, -83.936
O B Clements ProspectMica—Prospect32.927, -84.083
Worsham & Goodwin ProspectMica—Prospect33.063, -83.980
New Ground MineMica—Past Producer33.089, -83.814
Chatfield MineMica—Past Producer32.887, -84.124
F B Willingham ProspectMica—Prospect33.014, -83.985
Walker Smith MineMica—Past Producer33.093, -83.810
C A Ensign MineMica—Past Producer33.045, -83.989
Owl Hollow ProspectGarnet—Prospect33.085, -83.814

Nearby counties

Lamar County · Jasper County · Upson County · Bibb County · Spalding 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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