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Mrs.W.R.Davis Property (Occurrence)J.W.Coffey Property (Occurrence)Eton Distr.-B + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Lafollette Coal and Iron Co Prosp (Prospect)Jessf Jackson Property (Occurrence)Cohutta Mill (Past Producer)Eton Distr.-A + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)J.F.Love Property (Prospect)Southern Mill (Producer)John Johnson Prospect (Occurrence)Poteet Property + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Earnest Mine (Past Producer)Slate Pit + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Hickey Property Mine-A? + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Fort Mountain Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Latch Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Cohutta Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Fields Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Rock Creek Road Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Pickering Mine (Past Producer)F.M.Powell Property (Unknown)Silver Property + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Mill Creek Copper Prospect (Occurrence)Lindsey Mine (Producer)Powell Property (Prospect)Miller Property (Prospect)Doogan Mt. Distr. + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
27 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

Mill Creek Copper Prospect

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 of the minerals on our cards and 1 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as occurrence for Copper. Minerals mentioned: Copper. Approx. location 34.887, -84.699. 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?

22
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

11
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

8
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

3
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

2
Unknown

Status not recorded.

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

Limonite 4

Commodities

Talc-Soapstone 17Iron 16Barium-Barite 2Copper 1Lead 1

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Hickey Property Mine-A?IronLimonitePast Producer34.835, -84.721
Poteet PropertyIronLimonitePast Producer34.870, -84.733
Keith PropertyIronLimonitePast Producer34.835, -84.757
Doogan Mt. Distr.IronLimonitePast Producer34.971, -84.661
Eton Distr.-A——Past Producer34.828, -84.758
Eton Distr.-B——Past Producer34.792, -84.794
F.M.Powell PropertyIron—Unknown34.969, -84.698
Lafollette Coal and Iron Co ProspIron—Prospect34.915, -84.775
Cohutta Mill——Past Producer34.764, -84.761
Mill Creek Copper ProspectCopper—Occurrence34.887, -84.699
C.C.Keith PropertyBarium-Barite—Past Producer34.789, -84.789
Fields ProspectTalc-Soapstone—Prospect34.750, -84.717
J.F.Love PropertyIron—Prospect34.819, -84.758
Bramlet Mine and ProspectTalc-Soapstone—Past Producer34.746, -84.720
Slate PitTalc-Soapstone—Past Producer34.740, -84.732
Green Property——Unknown34.980, -84.663
Southern Mill——Producer34.767, -84.759
Rock Creek Road ProspectTalc-Soapstone—Prospect34.723, -84.715
Latch MineTalc-Soapstone—Past Producer34.772, -84.714
J.W.Coffey PropertyIron—Occurrence34.826, -84.780
Silver Property——Occurrence34.948, -84.705
Fort Mountain MineTalc-Soapstone—Past Producer34.787, -84.711
Georgia MineTalc-Soapstone—Past Producer34.742, -84.732
Old Cohutta MineTalc-Soapstone—Past Producer34.740, -84.731
C.C. and J.H. Keith PropertyIron—Past Producer34.831, -84.750
Poteet PropertyIron—Prospect34.870, -84.729
J.K. Keith PropertyIron—Past Producer34.832, -84.749
Cohutta MineTalc-Soapstone—Past Producer34.762, -84.717
W.F.Hampton PropertyBarium-Barite—Occurrence34.792, -84.787
Earnest MineTalc-Soapstone—Past Producer34.771, -84.733
Pickering MineTalc-Soapstone—Past Producer34.721, -84.717
Earnest Galena ProspectLead—Prospect34.789, -84.719
Mrs.W.R.Davis PropertyIron—Occurrence34.845, -84.799
R.H.Oneal PropertyIron—Past Producer34.837, -84.722
Jessf Jackson PropertyIron—Occurrence34.816, -84.764
White Property——Occurrence34.948, -84.698
Rock Cliff MineTalc-Soapstone—Producer34.761, -84.722
Russel ProspectTalc-Soapstone—Prospect34.767, -84.717
Chicken Creek MineTalc-Soapstone—Past Producer34.734, -84.722
Miller Property——Prospect34.964, -84.679

Nearby counties

Whitfield County · Catoosa County · Gilmer County · Fannin County · Gordon 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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