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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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Martin Mining Property + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)No Name + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Mauney Prospect (Past Producer)Wellborn-Robinson Property (Past Producer)Coosa Creek Placer Mine (Past Producer)Gum Log/J.H. Brown/Brown/Placer Mines (Past Producer)Butt Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Coosa Creek Gold Mine (Past Producer)Killian Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Crumley Creek (Past Producer)Track Rock Corundum Mine (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
11 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

Butt 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 15 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 34.875, -83.950. 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?

11
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

5
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

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

Gold 14

Commodities

Gold 16Iron 1Corundum 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
No NameGoldGoldPast Producer34.849, -84.074
Mauney ProspectGoldGoldPast Producer34.921, -84.037
Martin Mining PropertyGoldGoldPast Producer34.936, -84.086
Killian MineGoldGoldPast Producer34.906, -83.917
Coosa Creek Placer MineGoldGoldPast Producer34.821, -83.975
Crumley CreekGoldGoldPast Producer34.820, -83.922
Wellborn-Robinson PropertyGoldGoldPast Producer34.897, -83.992
Butt MineGoldGoldPast Producer34.875, -83.950
Ross MineGoldGoldUnknown34.906, -83.917
Lot 184 MineGoldGoldUnknown34.906, -83.917
Legal Tender MineGoldGoldProspect34.875, -83.950
TeagueGoldGoldProspect34.936, -84.086
StannickGoldGoldProspect34.936, -84.086
Placer MineGoldGoldProspect34.972, -83.886
Gum Log/J.H. Brown/Brown/Placer MinesGold—Past Producer34.963, -83.958
Coffee ProspectIron—Prospect34.851, -84.067
Coosa Creek Gold MineGold—Past Producer34.808, -83.956
Track Rock Corundum MineCorundum—Past Producer34.881, -83.911

Nearby counties

Towns County · White County · Fannin County · Habersham County · Lumpkin 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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