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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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Smith Placer (Past Producer)Thompson Placer (Past Producer)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Conner Placer (Past Producer)H B Marble Prospect (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.

Woof’s favorite find

Conner Placer

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 33.686, -83.632. 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
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

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

Gold 3

Commodities

Gold 3Mica 1Manganese 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Smith PlacerGoldGoldPast Producer33.835, -83.775
Thompson PlacerGoldGoldPast Producer33.892, -83.747
Conner PlacerGoldGoldPast Producer33.686, -83.632
Unnamed ProspectMica—Occurrence33.853, -83.724
H B Marble ProspectManganese—Prospect33.869, -83.616

Nearby counties

Oconee County · Morgan County · DeKalb County · Gwinnett County · Newton 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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