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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

Clay County (30) · Coosa County (30) · Cleburne County (25) · Tallapoosa County (18) · Randolph County (11) · Chilton County (7) · Talladega County (6) · Jefferson County (5) · Mobile County (4) · Chambers County (3) · Calhoun County (2) · Tuscaloosa County (2) · Cherokee County (2) · Lauderdale County (1) · Shelby County (1) · Dale County (1) · Geneva County (1) · Houston County (1) · Montgomery County (1) · Covington County (1) · Baldwin County (1) · Coffee County (1)

Sites (first 60)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Dutch Bend MineGoldBarite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, PyritePast Producer32.995, -85.875
Unnamed OccurrenceAluminumBauxite, GibbsiteOccurrence32.850, -85.411
Unnamed OccurrenceAluminumBauxite, GibbsiteOccurrence32.879, -85.449
Unnamed OccurrenceAluminumBauxite, GibbsiteOccurrence32.868, -85.467
Gold Log MineGoldChalcopyrite, GoldPast Producer33.354, -86.042
B.T. Childer's ProspectGoldChalcopyrite, Gold, PyriteOccurrence32.885, -86.758
SE Alabama Iron DistrictIronGoethite, SideritePast Producer31.414, -86.067
Farrow Hill ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence32.736, -85.839
Dent Hill ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence32.717, -85.861
Wildcat Hollow ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence33.258, -85.625
John Turner PlacerGoldGoldOccurrence33.250, -85.637
Morris MineGoldGoldPast Producer33.268, -85.607
W.D. Mitchell Property No. 2GoldGoldOccurrence33.017, -85.642
Gold Ridge MineGoldGoldPast Producer33.492, -85.390
Bradford Fraction ProspectGold, ArsenicGoldOccurrence33.252, -85.648
Miller MineGoldGoldPast Producer33.092, -86.024
Hatchet Creek PlacerGoldGoldOccurrence33.014, -86.369
Marion White ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence33.661, -85.422
Sutherland MineGoldGoldPast Producer33.588, -85.369
Middlebrook MineGoldGoldPast Producer33.572, -85.367
Greer ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence33.964, -85.703
Griffin ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence33.967, -85.687
Hawthorne MineGoldGoldPast Producer33.072, -85.742
Marble Pit MineGoldGoldPast Producer33.565, -85.533
Owl Hollow PlacerGoldGoldPast Producer32.752, -85.865
Pine Hill MineGoldGoldPast Producer33.258, -85.642
Rockford PlacerGoldGoldPast Producer32.907, -86.132
Gold Ridge MineGoldGoldPast Producer32.840, -86.436
Moss-Back MineGoldGoldPast Producer33.503, -85.458
Lee MineGoldGoldPast Producer33.575, -85.456
Silver Hill MineGoldGoldPast Producer32.717, -85.867
Duncan ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence32.956, -85.867
Chisolm ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence32.995, -85.861
Riddle's Mill MineGoldGoldProspect33.379, -86.025
Pritchet MineGoldGoldPast Producer33.500, -85.443
Tallapoosa MineGoldGoldPast Producer33.033, -85.833
Log MineGoldGoldPast Producer33.053, -85.808
Johnson ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence32.982, -85.678
Jennings LodeGoldGoldOccurrence32.952, -85.728
Hammock MineGoldGoldPast Producer32.964, -85.712
Lucky Joe MineGoldGoldPast Producer33.515, -85.443
King MineGoldGoldPast Producer33.536, -85.683
Higginbottom ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence33.536, -85.678
Franklin MineGoldGoldOccurrence32.900, -85.803
William Howard PropertyGoldGoldOccurrence32.767, -86.489
California Lode ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence33.288, -85.903
Chinca-Pina Lode ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence33.331, -85.918
Cockrell Lode ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence33.303, -85.643
Dawkins Lode ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence33.222, -85.675
Grizzel ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence33.274, -85.665
Unnamed Gold Placer ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence32.758, -86.500
Laurel ProspectGoldGoldPast Producer33.317, -85.917
Manning PlacerGoldGoldOccurrence33.242, -85.692
Ayers ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence33.497, -85.502
Rocky Creek Placer MineGoldGoldPast Producer32.772, -86.500
Miller ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence33.504, -85.564
Carr Creek PlacerGoldGoldPast Producer33.533, -85.661
Clear Creek Lode and PlacerGoldGoldPast Producer33.558, -85.525
Bennifield ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence33.603, -85.369
Crumpton ProspectGoldGoldOccurrence32.517, -85.421

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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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