Rockhounding in Marshall County, MS: 48 USGS Mineral Sites (2026)

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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Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown

24 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 2 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

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Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Iron 48

Sites (first 40)

Site	Commodity	Minerals recorded	Status	Approx. location
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.643, -89.318
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.538, -89.259
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.687, -89.341
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.562, -89.344
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.666, -89.347
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.668, -89.318
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.445, -89.452
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.652, -89.324
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.554, -89.298
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Prospect	34.540, -89.309
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.561, -89.448
H. J. Gurley Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.683, -89.314
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.672, -89.284
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.571, -89.358
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.606, -89.319
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.560, -89.438
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.555, -89.457
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.553, -89.453
Unamed Prospect	Iron	—	Prospect	34.815, -89.362
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.594, -89.312
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.569, -89.364
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.678, -89.333
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.674, -89.334
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.558, -89.444
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.593, -89.312
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.679, -89.334
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.612, -89.368
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.670, -89.317
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.582, -89.329
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.575, -89.329
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.597, -89.361
Reid Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.647, -89.325
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.575, -89.329
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.563, -89.437
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.572, -89.341
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.554, -89.457
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Prospect	34.577, -89.351
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.595, -89.311
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.597, -89.398
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	34.670, -89.324

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 fossil collection records in Marshall County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Union County · Benton County · Lafayette County · Tippah County · Pontotoc County

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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.

Updated October 2026

Rockhounding in Marshall County, Mississippi