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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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Catoosa Mining Co Prospects (Occurrence)Hammontree Prospect (Occurrence)Dalton Plant Dixie Chem (Plant)Bare Property (Occurrence)Cohutta Number Two (Past Producer)Eslinger Property (Occurrence)Sam & Jw Cline Property (Prospect)George Cline Property + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Jet Black Marble Co Quarry (Past Producer)Ruralvale Area (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
10 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.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

7
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

4
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

2
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

1
Plant

A processing plant site.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Barium-Barite 5Manganese 1Marble 1Dimension 1Aluminum 1Iron 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Tunnel Hill Distr.——Past Producer34.883, -85.035
Ruralvale Area——Past Producer34.878, -84.880
George Cline PropertyBarium-Barite—Past Producer34.871, -84.891
Catoosa Mining Co ProspectsManganese—Occurrence34.850, -85.048
Jet Black Marble Co QuarryMarble, Dimension—Past Producer34.792, -84.896
Sam & Jw Cline PropertyBarium-Barite—Prospect34.911, -84.895
Cohutta Number Two——Past Producer34.976, -84.942
Eslinger Property——Occurrence34.901, -84.947
Bare Property——Occurrence34.904, -84.951
Floyd PropertyBarium-Barite—Past Producer34.428, -85.024
Dalton Plant Dixie ChemAluminum—Plant34.731, -84.969
Whatley PropertyBarium-Barite—Past Producer34.379, -84.058
Hammontree ProspectIron—Occurrence34.880, -84.973
W. R. Cline PropertyBarium-Barite—Prospect34.867, -84.891

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 9 fossil collection records in Whitfield County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Catoosa County · Murray County · Gordon County · Walker County · Gilmer 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.

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