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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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Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

By county

Laurens County (47) · Spartanburg County (44) · Cherokee County (10) · Anderson County (6) · Union County (2) · Abbeville County (2) · York County (1) · Pickens County (1) · Greenville County (1)

Sites (first 60)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Granite QuarryGraniteGraniteUnknown35.047, -81.293
Sherard MineMicaMuscovitePast Producer34.282, -82.755
Burgess MineMicaMuscovitePast Producer34.655, -82.640
Gaillard MineMicaMuscovitePast Producer34.358, -82.802
Ben Martin MineMicaMuscovitePast Producer34.290, -82.771
Wharton MineMicaMuscovitePast Producer34.292, -82.750
Unnamed Feldpar MineFeldsparPlagioclasePast Producer34.681, -81.762
Sarratt Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REEStaurolite, Tourmaline, Corundum, Kyanite, Cassiterite, Zircon, Ilmenite, Rutile, Magnetite, Garnet, MonaziteUnknown35.173, -81.699
Northern Trib Ross Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REEStaurolite, Tourmaline, Corundum, Kyanite, Cassiterite, Zircon, Ilmenite, Rutile, Magnetite, Garnet, MonaziteUnknown35.157, -81.697
Headwater Cole Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REEStaurolite, Tourmaline, Corundum, Kyanite, Cassiterite, Zircon, Ilmenite, Rutile, Magnetite, Garnet, MonaziteUnknown35.100, -81.701
Thicketty Creek Monazite Placer Eastern TributaryThorium, REEStaurolite, Tourmaline, Corundum, Kyanite, Cassiterite, Zircon, Ilmenite, Rutile, Magnetite, Garnet, MonaziteUnknown35.076, -81.680
Headwater Irene Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REEStaurolite, Tourmaline, Corundum, Kyanite, Cassiterite, Zircon, Ilmenite, Rutile, Magnetite, Garnet, MonaziteUnknown35.094, -81.724
Upper Cole Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REEStaurolite, Tourmaline, Corundum, Kyanite, Cassiterite, Zircon, Ilmenite, Rutile, Magnetite, Garnet, MonaziteUnknown35.089, -81.700
Southern Trib Cherokee Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REEStaurolite, Tourmaline, Corundum, Kyanite, Cassiterite, Zircon, Ilmenite, Rutile, Magnetite, Garnet, MonaziteUnknown35.111, -81.692
Northern Trib Cherokee Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REEStaurolite, Tourmaline, Corundum, Kyanite, Cassiterite, Zircon, Ilmenite, Rutile, Magnetite, Garnet, MonaziteUnknown35.126, -81.679
Canal MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.661, -81.899
Allen #1 MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.703, -81.857
Maddens-KernalsVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.356, -82.193
Henderson MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.392, -82.150
Cooper MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.555, -81.912
Dillard-Waldrep #3 MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.650, -81.932
American Vermiculite #1 PitVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.558, -82.944
Fountain Inn #2 MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.729, -82.003
Foster MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.739, -81.958
Burns-Nelson MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.510, -81.935
Craig MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.525, -81.980
L.B. CaseyVermiculiteVermiculiteUnknown34.711, -81.975
Simmons MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.685, -81.892
Pinson #2 MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.296, -81.978
Watson MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.685, -81.928
Powers MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.473, -82.002
Mason #1 MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.746, -81.977
Harlan-Roper MineVermiculiteVermiculiteUnknown34.617, -81.923
Brown #1 and #2 MineVermiculiteVermiculiteUnknown34.684, -81.962
Young MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.719, -81.952
Freeman Casey MineVermiculiteVermiculiteUnknown34.677, -81.937
Lanford Central Mine and Southern ExtensionVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.702, -81.947
Goodwins MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.542, -81.919
Yarbourough MineVermiculiteVermiculiteUnknown34.630, -81.894
Whitmore MineVermiculiteVermiculiteUnknown34.598, -81.873
Cook 1a and 1bVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.392, -82.133
Martin MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.660, -81.916
Wright #1 and #2 MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.616, -81.984
Henry Estate MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.501, -81.870
Hines-Suber MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.702, -81.848
Hanna #1, #2, #3 MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.670, -81.858
Hanna #5 MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.644, -81.901
Deshields #2 MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.627, -81.894
Warren Dillard MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.623, -81.888
Waldrep #2 and #4 MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.664, -81.919
Tommy Blakely MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.595, -81.952
Gideon MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.630, -81.882
Sumner MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.642, -81.947
Poole #7 MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.649, -81.919
Poole #1 & #2 MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.644, -81.937
Patterson #6 MineVermiculiteVermiculiteProducer34.617, -81.948
Patterson #3 MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.628, -81.942
Patterson #2 ProspectVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.626, -81.934
Patterson #1 ProspectVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.621, -81.934
New W.D. Abercrombie MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.564, -81.961

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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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