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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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Ashbury Property (Past Producer)Reaves + 9 more nearby (Past Producer)Ashbury Property + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Baker & Son Placer + 8 more nearby (Past Producer)Yonah Vein Lot 92 (Prospect)White County Occurrences (Occurrence)Conley Vein (Prospect)Reaves Property + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Nichols Mine + 10 more nearby (Past Producer)Thompson Vein (Prospect)White Co Mine (Past Producer)Mcneer Placers (Past Producer)Glen Comyn Gold Mine (Past Producer)Lumsden Mine + 7 more nearby (Past Producer)Lot 10 Gold Mine (Past Producer)Twiner/T.G. Edwards (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
16 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

Franco-American

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 2 gem or collectible minerals (Quartz, Gold) and 3 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as prospect for Gold. Minerals mentioned: Quartz, Gold, Pyrite. Approx. location 34.686, -83.739. 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?

28
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

23
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

2
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

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 38Pyrite 1

Commodities

Gold 53Platinum 1Tungsten 1

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Baker & Son PlacerGoldGoldPast Producer34.631, -83.776
Childs PlacerGoldGoldProspect34.708, -83.685
HambyGoldGoldProspect34.686, -83.739
MartinGoldGoldProspect34.686, -83.739
Plattsburg (England)GoldGoldProspect34.686, -83.739
RichardsonGoldGoldProspect34.686, -83.739
ThompsonGoldGoldProspect34.686, -83.739
White-Mcghee MineGoldGoldProspect34.686, -83.739
Gayton PlacGoldGoldProspect34.686, -83.739
AtkinsonGoldGoldPast Producer34.618, -83.823
Blake (Sprague)GoldGoldPast Producer34.618, -83.823
PolandGoldGoldPast Producer34.618, -83.823
Matthews LotGoldGoldPast Producer34.618, -83.823
LewisGoldGoldPast Producer34.618, -83.823
HendersonGoldGoldPast Producer34.618, -83.823
Loud MineGoldGoldPast Producer34.618, -83.823
FrazierGoldGoldProspect34.686, -83.739
Old Courtney PlacerGoldGoldPast Producer34.618, -83.823
Stovall MineGoldGoldProspect34.708, -83.685
Monroe LowlandsGoldGoldProspect34.708, -83.685
Lumsden MineGoldGoldPast Producer34.708, -83.685
Nichols MineGoldGoldPast Producer34.686, -83.739
Twiner/T.G. EdwardsGoldGoldPast Producer34.618, -83.654
Ashbury PropertyGoldGoldPast Producer34.567, -83.860
ReavesGoldGoldPast Producer34.618, -83.823
FlennigenGoldGoldProspect34.631, -83.776
Will HoodGoldGoldProspect34.631, -83.776
YorkGoldGoldProspect34.708, -83.685
Old T. LeadfordGoldGoldProspect34.631, -83.776
MingoGoldGoldProspect34.631, -83.776
GloverGoldGoldProspect34.631, -83.776
BellsGoldGoldProspect34.631, -83.776
Cox Bottom MineGoldGoldProspect34.631, -83.776
JonesGoldGoldProspect34.708, -83.685
Franklin & GlennGoldGoldProspect34.708, -83.685
OliverGoldGoldProspect34.631, -83.776
EtriesGoldGoldPast Producer34.618, -83.823
Franco-AmericanGoldGold, PyriteProspect34.686, -83.739
Mcneer PlacersGold—Past Producer34.677, -83.699
Ashbury PropertyGold—Past Producer34.701, -83.774

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Habersham County · Lumpkin County · Union County · Stephens County · Towns 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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