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Ga. Kaolin Mine 60 + 1 more nearby (Producer)Tharpe Mine (Producer)Huber Mill (Producer)B.D. Tharpe Mine + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)Huber Mine 31 + 1 more nearby (Producer)Ga. Kaolin Mine 50 + 7 more nearby (Producer)No. 2 Mine + 4 more nearby (Past Producer)Mine (Past Producer)Huber Mine 38 + 1 more nearby (Producer)No. 2 O'Neal Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)No. 1 Mine (Past Producer)Hinson Mine + 1 more nearby (Producer)Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Huber Mine 20, Pit A + 1 more nearby (Producer)Old Flamoga Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)General Reduction Co. Mine (Past Producer)Huber Mine 26 (Producer)Huber Mine 22 (Producer)No. 3 Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Huber Mine 36 + 1 more nearby (Producer)Old Payne and Nelson Mine (Past Producer)Fullers Earth Mine (Past Producer)Ga Kaolin Mine 43,Pitb (Producer)Ga. Kaolin Mine 43, Pita (Producer)Sandersville-Macon (Prospect)Dry Branch Mine + 5 more nearby (Producer)Cannon Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Crosby No. 5 Mine + 4 more nearby (Past Producer)Crosby No. 6 Mine (Past Producer)Mine (Past Producer)No. 8 Mine (Past Producer)17 Mine (Past Producer)Ga Kaolin Mine 57 (Producer)Ga Kaolin Mine 43, Pitd + 1 more nearby (Producer)Mine (Past Producer)Ga Kaolin Mine 22, Pit A (Producer)Number 9 Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Griffin Mine (Producer)Ga Kaolin Mine 22, Pit B (Producer)Kaolin Mines (Past Producer)Jefferson Mine (Producer)Brooks Mine Pit B (Producer)Ga Kaolin Mine 43,Pite (Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
43 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 3 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

Sandersville-Macon

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Quartz) and 1 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as prospect for Aluminum. Minerals mentioned: Quartz. Approx. location 32.862, -83.427. 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?

53
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

31
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

1
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

1
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

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

Kaolin 83Aluminum 2Fullers Earth 1

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
B.D. Tharpe MineKaolin—Occurrence32.781, -83.522
No. 2 MineKaolin—Past Producer32.746, -83.516
Old Payne and Nelson MineKaolin—Past Producer32.806, -83.470
Huber Mine 38Kaolin—Producer32.707, -83.519
Huber Mine 22Kaolin—Producer32.734, -83.475
No. 8 MineKaolin—Past Producer32.792, -83.395
Huber Mine 26Kaolin—Producer32.749, -83.473
MineKaolin—Past Producer32.802, -83.388
Huber Mine 36Kaolin—Producer32.695, -83.477
Griffin MineKaolin—Producer32.820, -83.370
Ga. Kaolin Mine 50Kaolin—Producer32.761, -83.513
MineKaolin—Past Producer32.810, -83.407
Cannon MineKaolin—Past Producer32.848, -83.403
Huber Mine 31Kaolin—Producer32.764, -83.515
Rico MineKaolin—Past Producer32.708, -83.524
Davis MineKaolin—Past Producer32.851, -83.402
Huber MillKaolin—Producer32.716, -83.529
Ga Kaolin Mine 22, Pit AKaolin—Producer32.780, -83.385
MineKaolin—Past Producer32.718, -83.496
Ga. Kaolin Mine 60Kaolin—Producer32.765, -83.536
Crosby No. 5 MineKaolin—Past Producer32.831, -83.408
Dry Branch MineKaolin—Producer32.797, -83.430
MineKaolin—Past Producer32.727, -83.513
Number 9 MineKaolin—Past Producer32.766, -83.385
Huber Mine 6 PitaKaolin—Producer32.758, -83.513
Birch No. 1 MineKaolin—Past Producer32.788, -83.518
Ga Kaolin Mine 43,PiteKaolin—Producer32.784, -83.352
MineKaolin—Past Producer32.731, -83.502
MineKaolin—Past Producer32.749, -83.511
Bond MineKaolin—Producer32.743, -83.521
Ga Kaolin Mine 43, PitdKaolin—Producer32.821, -83.394
Huber Mine 20, Pit BKaolin—Producer32.716, -83.497
Dean Hole MineKaolin—Past Producer32.779, -83.381
Brooks Mine Pit AKaolin—Producer32.814, -83.394
No. 2 O'Neal MineKaolin—Past Producer32.793, -83.504
Tharpe MineKaolin—Producer32.752, -83.536
Ga Kaolin Mine 43,PitbKaolin—Producer32.844, -83.436
Huber Mine 30Kaolin—Past Producer32.689, -83.477
Sandersville-MaconAluminum—Prospect32.862, -83.427
MineKaolin—Past Producer32.806, -83.430

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 6 fossil collection records in Twiggs County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Bibb County · Wilkinson County · Baldwin County · Houston County · Jasper 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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