RockWoofCheck 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.
Found alongside
Magnetite
Mohs 5.5–6.5. Black and strongly magnetic. Mindat
101 sites
Quartz
Mohs 7. Six-sided points; smoky quartz is NH’s state gem. Mindat
56 sites
Garnet
Mohs 6.5–7.5. Usually deep red, round many-faced crystals. Mindat
25 sites
Mica
Mohs 2–3. Peels into thin, flexible, shiny sheets. Mindat
17 sites
Tourmaline
Mohs 7–7.5. Long striated crystals, often black (schorl) or green and pink (elbaite). Mindat
16 sites
Gold
Mohs 2.5–3. Soft, heavy and bright yellow; it doesn’t tarnish. Mindat
11 sites
Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.
By county
Cherokee County (51) · Charleston County (8) · Richland County (7) · Lexington County (5) · Chesterfield County (4) · Aiken County (4) · Georgetown County (3) · Sumter County (3) · Kershaw County (3) · York County (3) · Abbeville County (2) · Anderson County (2) · Laurens County (2) · Beaufort County (2) · Marlboro County (1) · Spartanburg County (1)
Sites (first 60)
| Site | Commodity | Minerals recorded | Status | Approx. location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Iron Ore Occurrence Gl - 088 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.064, -81.596 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 086 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.063, -81.567 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 066 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.113, -81.517 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 068 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.096, -81.549 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 071 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.087, -81.566 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 072 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.086, -81.521 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 074 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.073, -81.544 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Occurrence Gl - 075 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.071, -81.549 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 079 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.076, -81.596 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 080 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.072, -81.596 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 082 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.068, -81.578 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 069 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.092, -81.556 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 083 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.067, -81.590 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 085 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.068, -81.548 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 087 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.063, -81.576 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 089 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.056, -81.573 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 090 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.057, -81.594 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Fl - 155 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.141, -81.479 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 067 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.111, -81.521 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 070 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.091, -81.560 |
| Silver Mine Ridge Iron Mine | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.080, -81.544 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 078 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.080, -81.592 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 081 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.080, -81.570 |
| Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 084 | Iron | Hematite, Magnetite | Unknown | 35.070, -81.603 |
| Edisto Island Quadrangle | Titanium, Zirconium, Iron | Ilmenite, Magnetite, Zircon, Rutile | Unknown | 32.533, -80.200 |
| Silver Mine Ridge Gold Mine | Gold | Magnetite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | Unknown | 35.074, -81.539 |
| Thompson Creek | Titanium, Iron | Magnetite, Ilmenite | Unknown | 34.667, -79.900 |
| Calhoun Falls | Titanium, Iron | Magnetite, Ilmenite | Unknown | 34.100, -82.567 |
| Wateree River | Iron, Titanium, Thorium | Magnetite, Monazite, Ilmenite | Unknown | 34.233, -80.650 |
| Isle of Palms (Area 2) | Iron, Titanium, Thorium | Magnetite, Monazite, Rutile, Ilmenite | Unknown | 32.800, -79.750 |
| Congaree River (Sample 1) | Iron, Titanium, Thorium | Magnetite, Monazite, Rutile, Ilmenite | Unknown | 33.767, -80.633 |
| Congaree River (Sample 2) | Iron, Titanium, Thorium | Magnetite, Monazite, Rutile, Ilmenite | Unknown | 33.767, -80.633 |
| Twelve Mile Creek | Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Thorium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Ilmenite | Unknown | 33.950, -81.267 |
| Fort Moultrie Quadrangle | Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Thorium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Ilmenite | Unknown | 32.767, -79.866 |
| Ravenels Quadrangle | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Ilmenite | Unknown | 32.767, -80.233 |
| Pawleys Island | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Ilmenite | Unknown | 33.433, -79.100 |
| Myers Creek | Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Ilmenite | Unknown | 33.867, -80.867 |
| Folly Beach | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Ilmenite | Unknown | 32.650, -79.916 |
| Waverly Mills Quadrangle | Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Ilmenite | Unknown | 33.383, -79.133 |
| Congaree Creek | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Ilmenite | Unknown | 33.750, -81.133 |
| Route U. S. 601 | Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Ilmenite | Unknown | 33.783, -80.633 |
| Horatio | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite | Unknown | 34.033, -80.567 |
| Gum Swamp | Titanium, Thorium, Iron, Zirconium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite | Unknown | 34.000, -80.617 |
| Colonels Creek | Iron, Titanium, Thorium, Zirconium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite | Unknown | 33.983, -80.717 |
| Cedar Creek | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite | Unknown | 34.483, -80.033 |
| Red Bank Creek | Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Thorium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite | Unknown | 33.917, -81.167 |
| Sumters Landing | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite | Unknown | 34.050, -80.617 |
| Wadmalaw | Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite | Unknown | 32.667, -80.166 |
| Wateree River | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite | Unknown | 33.933, -80.600 |
| Otter Lake | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite | Unknown | 34.000, -80.666 |
| Congaree River | Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Iron | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite | Unknown | 33.950, -81.017 |
| Ancrum Ferry | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite | Unknown | 34.150, -80.600 |
| Juniper Creek | Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite | Unknown | 34.700, -79.933 |
| Mccaskill Creek | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite | Unknown | 34.133, -80.600 |
| Becker Sand and Gravel Co. | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite | Unknown | 34.617, -79.866 |
| Naked Creek | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite | Unknown | 34.667, -79.750 |
| Ryan-Purcley Sillimanite Property | Kyanite | Magnetite, Rutile, Sulfur, Sillimanite, Quartz, Quartzite | Unknown | 35.158, -81.246 |
| Sewee Bay Quadrangle | Titanium, Iron, Zirconium | Magnetite, Zircon, Ilmenite | Unknown | 32.917, -79.666 |
| Santee Quadrangle | Zirconium, Iron, Titanium | Magnetite, Zircon, Ilmenite | Unknown | 33.250, -79.416 |
| Harleys Mill Pond | Iron, Titanium, Zirconium | Magnetite, Zircon, Ilmenite | Unknown | 34.000, -81.167 |
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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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