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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 (45) · Cherokee County (29) · Anderson County (24) · Pickens County (16) · Greenville County (13) · Oconee County (9) · Lancaster County (7) · York County (4) · Abbeville County (4) · Saluda County (1) · Edgefield County (1) · Union County (1)

Sites (first 60)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Haile MineMica, Silver, GoldChalcopyrite, Telluride, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Gold, Cassiterite, SphaleriteUnknown34.578, -80.543
Unnamed Corundum Occurrence Gl - 048CorundumCorundumUnknown35.172, -81.596
Granite QuarryGraniteGraniteUnknown35.047, -81.293
Unnamed Graphite Prospect Gl - 051GraphiteGraphiteUnknown35.119, -81.541
Unnamed Graphite Prospect Gl - 044GraphiteGraphiteUnknown35.166, -81.509
Unnamed Graphite Prospect Gl-050GraphiteGraphiteUnknown35.122, -81.547
Unnamed Graphite Prospect Gl - 049GraphiteGraphiteUnknown35.124, -81.542
Unnamed Graphite Prospect Gl - 045GraphiteGraphiteUnknown35.132, -81.510
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 083IronHematite, MagnetiteUnknown35.067, -81.590
Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 080IronHematite, MagnetiteUnknown35.072, -81.596
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 079IronHematite, MagnetiteUnknown35.076, -81.596
Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 072IronHematite, MagnetiteUnknown35.086, -81.521
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 087IronHematite, MagnetiteUnknown35.063, -81.576
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Fl - 155IronHematite, MagnetiteUnknown35.141, -81.479
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 086IronHematite, MagnetiteUnknown35.063, -81.567
Ryan-Purcley Sillimanite PropertyKyaniteMagnetite, Rutile, Sulfur, Sillimanite, Quartz, QuartziteUnknown35.158, -81.246
Kershaw MineMicaMicaUnknown34.583, -80.544
Boling MineMicaMuscovitePast Producer34.741, -82.340
Sherard MineMicaMuscovitePast Producer34.282, -82.755
Burgess MineMicaMuscovitePast Producer34.655, -82.640
Cromley MineMicaMuscovitePast Producer34.080, -81.769
Wharton MineMicaMuscovitePast Producer34.292, -82.750
Gaillard MineMicaMuscovitePast Producer34.358, -82.802
Clenkscales ProspectMicaMuscoviteUnknown34.300, -82.590
Ben Martin MineMicaMuscovitePast Producer34.290, -82.771
Unnamed Mica Prospect Gl - 052MicaMuscoviteUnknown35.135, -81.645
Rocky River MineMicaMuscoviteUnknown34.293, -82.591
Darwin MineCopper, GoldPyrite, Chalcopyrite, GoldUnknown35.028, -81.459
Sucky Lockart MineGoldPyrite, GoldUnknown35.047, -81.631
Goudelock MineGoldPyrite, GoldUnknown35.038, -81.624
Henry Knob MineKyanitePyrite, KyanitePast Producer35.130, -81.277
Faulkner Mountain Pyrophillite ProspectPyrophyllitePyrophylliteUnknown33.965, -81.990
Sericite Pit Number 1MicaSchistUnknown34.870, -80.856
Sericite Pit Number 2MicaSchistUnknown34.929, -80.816
Hilltop MineMicaSericiteProducer34.575, -80.540
Blackmon MineGoldSericite, Pyrite, GoldUnknown34.660, -80.583
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
Headwater Cole Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REEStaurolite, Tourmaline, Corundum, Kyanite, Cassiterite, Zircon, Ilmenite, Rutile, Magnetite, Garnet, MonaziteUnknown35.100, -81.701
Northern Trib Ross Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REEStaurolite, Tourmaline, Corundum, Kyanite, Cassiterite, Zircon, Ilmenite, Rutile, Magnetite, Garnet, MonaziteUnknown35.157, -81.697
Sarratt Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REEStaurolite, Tourmaline, Corundum, Kyanite, Cassiterite, Zircon, Ilmenite, Rutile, Magnetite, Garnet, MonaziteUnknown35.173, -81.699
Fountain Inn #2 MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.729, -82.003
Craig MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.525, -81.980
Martin MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.660, -81.916
American Vermiculite #1 PitVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.558, -82.944
Wright #1 and #2 MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.616, -81.984
Burns-Nelson MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.510, -81.935
Young MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.719, -81.952
Tommy Blakely MineVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.595, -81.952
Yarbourough MineVermiculiteVermiculiteUnknown34.630, -81.894
Cook 1a and 1bVermiculiteVermiculitePast Producer34.392, -82.133
Whitmore MineVermiculiteVermiculiteUnknown34.598, -81.873
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

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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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