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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

Lafayette County (160) · Iowa County (93) · Grant County (68) · Oneida County (3) · Lincoln County (3) · Florence County (2) · Douglas County (2) · Marinette County (1) · Price County (1) · Marathon County (1) · Ashland County (1) · Forest County (1) · Green County (1) · Dane County (1) · Vernon County (1) · Rusk County (1)

Sites (first 60)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Lasalle FallsCopper, IronArgentite, Chalcocite, PyriteUnknown45.828, -88.268
Raisbeck MineZincBariteUnknown42.628, -90.376
Schullsburg MineZincBarite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, SphaleriteProducer42.542, -90.243
Ritchie Creek PropsectCopperBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tennantite, TetrahedriteProspect45.488, -90.057
Mineral Lake Cu-Ni ProspectNickel, CopperBornite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Marcasite, Niccolite, Pentlandite, PyrrhotiteOccurrence46.299, -90.808
Hawk PropsectZinc, CopperChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Electrum, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, TetrahedriteProspect45.448, -89.755
AminiconCopperChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, MalachiteUnknown46.567, -91.950
AstorCopperChalcopyriteUnknown46.583, -91.650
Beach Copper MineCopperChalcopyriteUnknown42.850, -90.146
Lynne DepositZinc, Lead, CopperChalcopyrite, Freibergite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, SphaleritePast Producer45.695, -89.970
Horseshoe ProspectCopper, Zinc, LeadChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Polybasite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, SphaleriteProspect45.442, -89.623
SpiritZinc, Lead, CopperChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, SphaleriteUnknown45.400, -90.017
Reef Gold DepositGoldChalcopyrite, Gold, PyrrhotiteProspect44.967, -89.350
Fence ProspectCopperChalcopyrite, PyrrhotiteUnknown45.760, -88.570
Hames Rowe Lead MineLeadGalenaUnknown42.619, -90.178
Demby Weist MineLeadGalenaUnknown43.058, -90.027
Fairplay LevelLeadGalenaUnknown42.527, -90.573
Ohlerking MineLeadGalenaUnknown43.034, -90.413
Brighams MineLeadGalenaUnknown43.003, -89.825
Fairplay LevelLeadGalenaUnknown42.527, -90.573
Atkinson MineLeadGalenaUnknown42.786, -90.936
Negro Jim MineLead, Barium-BariteGalenaPast Producer42.804, -90.361
Ernest and Myers LevelLeadGalenaUnknown42.585, -90.288
Newkirk MineLeadGalenaUnknown42.716, -89.737
Porters Grove MineLeadGalenaUnknown42.984, -90.018
Bear Hole MineZincGalena, SphaleriteProducer42.581, -90.271
Jefferson MineZincGalena, SphaleriteUnknown42.554, -90.428
Camp Five DepositMolybdenumMolybdeniteOccurrence45.333, -88.050
Crandon Zn - Cu DepositCopper, ZincPyrite, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Silver, GoldProspect45.481, -88.920
Whaley MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.558, -90.382
Leadmine MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.558, -90.352
Hazel Green MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.546, -90.426
Curwen MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.550, -90.348
Kingeter MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.723, -90.411
Tommy Dodd MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.553, -90.432
Old Slack MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.872, -90.340
Preston Point Level MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.694, -90.670
Grant County MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.740, -90.463
Drum MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.562, -90.345
Coker No. 2 MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.877, -90.396
Crawford MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.527, -90.430
Old Gruno MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.869, -90.363
St. Rose MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.695, -90.541
Clayton MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.871, -90.368
Wilson MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.689, -90.679
New Hoskins MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.556, -90.317
Slack MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.878, -90.340
Tippecanoe MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.723, -90.546
Mithcell Hollow MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.743, -90.434
Kodatz MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.819, -90.251
Longhenry MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.533, -90.373
Pengelly MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.955, -90.116
Farrey MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.565, -90.341
Lucky Twelve MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.538, -90.318
Washburn MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.858, -90.472
Yellow Jacket MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.782, -90.854
Old Cottingham MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.560, -90.314
Enterprise MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.731, -90.465
Champion and Eureka MineZincSphaleriteUnknown42.532, -90.350
Whig and Edgerton MinesZincSphaleriteUnknown42.746, -90.549

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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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