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Allen Prospect (Prospect)Unnamed Beryl Deposit (Occurrence)The Turner Quarry (Past Producer)Walker Property (Prospect)Melton Prospects (Prospect)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
5 paw pins, one per site. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

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Melton Prospects

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 prospect for Mica. Minerals mentioned: Mica. Approx. location 33.244, -84.226. 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?

3
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

1
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

1
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

Gemstone 2Iron 1Granite 1Mica 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Walker PropertyIron—Prospect33.235, -84.264
The Turner QuarryGranite—Past Producer33.283, -84.282
Melton ProspectsMica—Prospect33.244, -84.226
Unnamed Beryl DepositGemstone—Occurrence33.225, -84.298
Allen ProspectGemstone—Prospect33.309, -84.384

Nearby counties

Pike County · Lamar County · Fayette County · Heard County · Henry 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 USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date.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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