Rockhounding in Washington County, GA: 99 USGS Mineral Sites (2026)

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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Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown

50 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.

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Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

Unknown

Status not recorded.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Kaolin 97Aluminum 4

Sites (first 40)

Site	Commodity	Minerals recorded	Status	Approx. location
Armstrong Pit	Kaolin	—	Occurrence	32.957, -82.979
Taylor Mine	Kaolin	—	Occurrence	32.957, -82.550
Ennis Mine	Kaolin	—	Occurrence	32.950, -83.067
Harrison Pit	Kaolin	—	Occurrence	32.983, -83.023
Sheppard Pit	Kaolin	—	Occurrence	33.038, -82.714
Englehard Corp.	Kaolin	—	Occurrence	32.971, -83.012
Georgia Kaolin Company.	Kaolin	—	Occurrence	32.954, -83.012
Chambers Mine Pit I	Kaolin	—	Producer	33.027, -82.932
Hale Mine	Kaolin	—	Producer	32.997, -82.993
Chambers Mine Pit E	Kaolin	—	Producer	33.025, -82.963
Harrison Mine	Kaolin	—	Producer	32.969, -83.014
Kaolin Mine	Kaolin	—	Past Producer	32.992, -83.009
E G Hutchings Prospect	Kaolin	—	Prospect	33.021, -82.986
Kaolin Mine	Kaolin	—	Past Producer	33.022, -82.939
Hood Mine	Kaolin	—	Producer	33.022, -82.999
Hodges Mine	Kaolin	—	Producer	32.968, -83.018
J T Harris Prospect	Kaolin	—	Prospect	33.055, -82.915
Roughton Mine	Kaolin	—	Producer	33.079, -82.857
Union Camp Mine	Kaolin	—	Producer	32.934, -83.023
Coss Hodges Mine Pit B	Kaolin	—	Producer	32.981, -82.994
Chambers, Hall & Evans Prospect	Kaolin	—	Prospect	33.034, -82.919
J N Kenfroe Prospect	Kaolin	—	Prospect	33.057, -82.915
T A Wiggins Prospect	Kaolin	—	Prospect	32.997, -83.031
Veal Mine No. 1	Kaolin	—	Producer	33.018, -82.928
Dr. L B Robson Prospect	Kaolin	—	Prospect	32.942, -82.953
Kaolin Mine	Kaolin	—	Past Producer	33.021, -82.976
R L Veal & W L Gladdin Prospect	Kaolin	—	Prospect	32.998, -82.957
C H Smith Prospect	Kaolin	—	Prospect	32.974, -83.016
Garbutt Mine	Kaolin	—	Past Producer	32.992, -82.989
Renfroe-Bateman Mine	Kaolin	—	Producer	33.051, -82.918
Mrs. Clem Kelley Prospect	Kaolin	—	Prospect	34.068, -82.885
Deepstep Prospects	Kaolin	—	Prospect	33.020, -82.971
Peeler Mine	Kaolin	—	Producer	32.961, -83.025
C F Fowler Prospect	Kaolin	—	Prospect	32.982, -83.025
Kaolin Mine	Kaolin	—	Past Producer	33.022, -82.965
L R Brook Prospect	Kaolin	—	Prospect	32.910, -82.947
C M Hodges Sr Prospect	Aluminum	—	Prospect	32.870, -82.962
Dr. L B Robson Prospect	Kaolin	—	Prospect	32.931, -82.957
Irwin Mine No. 2	Kaolin	—	Producer	33.028, -82.918
T J Brooks Prospect	Kaolin	—	Prospect	33.002, -82.938

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 3 fossil collection records in Washington County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Baldwin County · Wilkinson County · Glascock County · Twiggs County · Warren County

Georgia mineral guides

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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.

Updated October 2026

Rockhounding in Washington County, Georgia