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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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Turley Shaft (Past Producer)Brown Land (Past Producer)Holland Mine (Past Producer)Carter Co Milling & Merc Co Bank (Prospect)Midco Iron Furnace (Past Producer)Snyder Mine (Past Producer)Dazey Ranch (Past Producer)Dazey Ranch (Past Producer)Dazey Ranch (Past Producer)Hahn Bank (Prospect)Tract # 23 + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Tract # 22 (Prospect)Tract # 27 + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Tract # 2 + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Tract # 24 (Occurrence)Tract # 25 (Unknown)Tract # 6 (Prospect)Mine # 21 (Prospect)Foster Prospect (Prospect)Tract # 17 (Prospect)Tract # 20 (Past Producer)Devils Kitchen Mine (Past Producer)Tract # 5 (Prospect)Tract # 19 (Prospect)Moreland Bank (Occurrence)Orchard Mine Pit # 5 (Past Producer)Malin Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Tract # 18 (Prospect)Crommer & Mcpherson Bank (Prospect)Orchard Mine Pit # 2 (Past Producer)Orchard Mine Pit # 1 (Past Producer)Tract # 7 (Prospect)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
32 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 1 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Woof’s favorite find

Dazey Ranch

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 of the minerals on our cards and 1 of our card minerals overall. That ties with 2 other site(s), so we broke the tie by mine status (past producers first), then USGS record quality, then name. USGS lists it as past producer for Copper. Minerals mentioned: Copper. Approx. location 37.095, -91.018. USGS record.

Ask first: a USGS record doesn’t mean you can visit. Find out who owns the land and get permission before collecting.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

18
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

16
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

4
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

1
Unknown

Status not recorded.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

Minerals recorded here

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Iron 33Copper 3Manganese 3

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Tract # 19Iron—Prospect36.861, -90.755
Tract # 2Iron—Occurrence36.916, -90.909
Dazey RanchCopper—Past Producer37.095, -91.018
Malin MineIron—Past Producer36.946, -90.737
Dazey RanchCopper—Past Producer37.074, -91.033
Orchard Mine Pit # 5Iron—Past Producer36.951, -90.739
Tract # 24Iron—Occurrence36.909, -90.899
Orchard Mine Pit # 1Iron—Past Producer36.948, -90.703
Tract # 6Iron—Prospect36.822, -90.887
Tract # 27Iron—Occurrence36.916, -90.917
Snyder MineIron—Past Producer36.980, -91.148
Orchard Mine Pit # 2Iron—Past Producer36.951, -90.698
Tract # 22Iron—Prospect36.935, -90.928
Holland MineIron—Past Producer36.946, -91.183
Moreland BankIron—Occurrence36.969, -90.735
Crescent MineIron—Past Producer36.946, -90.742
Tract # 18Iron—Prospect36.837, -90.744
Mine # 21Iron—Prospect36.843, -90.855
Kime & Hartley ProspectIron—Prospect36.945, -90.749
Turley ShaftManganese—Past Producer37.056, -91.218
Tract # 23Iron—Prospect36.948, -90.924
Tract # 20Iron—Past Producer36.834, -90.800
Tract # 29Iron—Prospect36.925, -90.910
Tract # 5Iron—Prospect36.836, -90.780
Brown Land # 1Iron—Prospect36.959, -90.922
Tract # 17Iron—Prospect36.866, -90.797
Crommer & Mcpherson BankIron—Prospect36.960, -90.729
Foster ProspectManganese—Prospect37.045, -90.833
Hutchinson MineIron—Past Producer36.946, -90.748
Tract # 25Iron—Unknown36.930, -90.888
Midco Iron FurnaceIron—Past Producer36.982, -91.152
Devils Kitchen MineIron—Past Producer37.002, -90.774
Dazey RanchCopper—Past Producer37.081, -91.061
Brown LandManganese—Past Producer37.039, -91.175
Tract # 7Iron—Prospect36.844, -90.703
Tract # 26Iron—Prospect36.922, -90.925
Hahn BankIron—Prospect36.913, -91.024
Tract # 8Iron—Prospect36.884, -93.477
Carter Co Milling & Merc Co BankIron—Prospect36.944, -91.172

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 fossil collection records in Carter County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Reynolds County · Wayne County · Ripley County · Butler County · Shannon County

Missouri mineral guides

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Related articles

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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