Rockhounding in Oglethorpe County, GA: 32 USGS Mineral Sites (2026)

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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Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown

21 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

Briscoe Mine (Drake 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 2 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 33.742, -83.092. 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?

Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

Gold
Mohs 2.5–3. Soft, heavy and bright yellow; it doesn’t tarnish. Mindat
3 sites

Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

Minerals recorded here

Gold 3

Commodities

Granite 29Gold 3

Sites

Site	Commodity	Minerals recorded	Status	Approx. location
Buffalo	Gold	Gold	Past Producer	33.811, -83.042
Morgan Mine (Arnold Prospect)	Gold	Gold	Past Producer	33.800, -83.017
Briscoe Mine (Drake Mine)	Gold	Gold	Past Producer	33.742, -83.092
New Blue Quarry	Granite	—	Producer	34.034, -82.987
Kim-Mark Quarry	Granite	—	Past Producer	33.971, -82.964
Heritage Quarry	Granite	—	Past Producer	33.951, -82.974
Locke Quarry	Granite	—	Producer	33.920, -82.998
Very Best Blue Quarry	Granite	—	Past Producer	33.953, -82.962
Bennie and Harvey Quarry	Granite	—	Producer	33.950, -82.984
Oglethorpe Quarry	Granite	—	Past Producer	33.954, -82.975
Oglethorpe Quarry Star Granite	Granite	—	Producer	33.958, -82.945
Peppers Quarry	Granite	—	Producer	33.956, -83.023
Keystone Blue Quarry Keystone Gr	Granite	—	Producer	34.021, -82.982
Kantala Quarry	Granite	—	Producer	34.011, -83.020
Worley Monument Quarry	Granite	—	Producer	33.925, -82.979
Harpers Quarry	Granite	—	Producer	33.907, -82.986
Monarch Quarry	Granite	—	Producer	33.963, -82.994
Gold Eagle Quarry	Granite	—	Producer	33.842, -83.175
Dixie Blue Quarry	Granite	—	Producer	33.956, -83.989
Grimes Brothers Quarry No. 2	Granite	—	Past Producer	33.983, -83.006
Veri Best Quarry	Granite	—	Producer	33.943, -82.982
Grimes Quarry	Granite	—	Past Producer	33.962, -82.999
Georgia Carolina Quarry	Granite	—	Producer	33.950, -83.050
Crystal Blue Quarry No. 2	Granite	—	Past Producer	33.970, -82.000
Service Quarry	Granite	—	Producer	34.020, -83.021
Sapphire Blue Quarry	Granite	—	Producer	33.966, -82.963
Harmony Blue Mill	Granite	—	Producer	33.949, -82.981
Briarpatch Quarry	Granite	—	Past Producer	33.952, -82.988
Oglethorpe Quarry Dirienzo	Granite	—	Producer	33.975, -82.959
Millstone Quarry	Granite	—	Producer	33.973, -83.005
Grimes Brothers Quarry No. 3	Granite	—	Producer	33.965, -82.986
Galaxy Blue Quarry	Granite	—	Producer	33.967, -83.038

Nearby counties

Madison County · Elbert County · Greene County · Wilkes County · Taliaferro 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.

Updated October 2026

Rockhounding in Oglethorpe County, Georgia