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Thomasville Mine & Plant
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 producer for Feldspar. Minerals mentioned: Feldspar. Approx. location 30.916, -84.009. 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?
Was producing when the record was made.
Produced ore or material at some point in the past.
Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.
Mineral cards
Feldspar
Mohs 6–6.5. Blocky crystals with flat cleavage faces. Mindat
1 site
Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.
Minerals recorded here
Montmorillonite 2Attapulgite 2Commodities
Fullers Earth 6Feldspar 1Sites
| Site | Commodity | Minerals recorded | Status | Approx. location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ochlocknee | Fullers Earth | Montmorillonite, Attapulgite | Past Producer | 30.973, -84.050 |
| Waverly Mineral Products | Fullers Earth | Montmorillonite, Attapulgite | Past Producer | 31.017, -84.067 |
| Smith Mine Pit A | Fullers Earth | — | Producer | 30.992, -84.079 |
| Cherokee Industries Ochlocknee Mine | Fullers Earth | — | Past Producer | 30.997, -84.065 |
| Smith Mine Pit B | Fullers Earth | — | Producer | 30.993, -84.075 |
| Cooper Grover Mine | Fullers Earth | — | Producer | 30.993, -84.061 |
| Thomasville Mine & Plant | Feldspar | — | Producer | 30.916, -84.009 |
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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 USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date.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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