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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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Frisco Mine (Past Producer)Unknown - Iron + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Smarts Diggings (Past Producer)Arnt Mine (Past Producer)Unknown - Iron (Past Producer)Angus Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Unknown - Iron (Prospect)Unknown - Iron (Past Producer)Elk Valley Diggings (Past Producer)Vaughns Diggings + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Unknown - Lead-Zinc (Past Producer)Unknown - Lead-Zinc (Past Producer)Miller Diggings + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Tuttle Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Bray Mine + 6 more nearby (Past Producer)Unknown - Lead-Zinc (Past Producer)Unknown - Lead-Zinc (Past Producer)Mcclellan Diggings (Past Producer)Sheep Diggings (Past Producer)Boaz Mines + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Barber Creek Diggings (Past Producer)Halls Mines (Past Producer)Purdham Diggings (Past Producer)Ohaver Diggings + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Burkhardts Diggings + 4 more nearby (Past Producer)Roberts Diggings (Past Producer)Adams Mine (Past Producer)Hall + Roberd Diggings (Past Producer)Rassieur Mines (Past Producer)Harpers Mine (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
30 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

Mon-Ark Mines

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 2 of the minerals on our cards and 2 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as past producer for Zinc. Minerals mentioned: Pyrite, Galena. Approx. location 36.992, -93.197. 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?

52
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

1
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

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

Lead 41Zinc 34Iron 10

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Bray MineLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.962, -93.161
Ground Hog MineZinc, Lead—Past Producer36.963, -93.161
Boaz MinesLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.958, -93.021
Burkhardts DiggingsLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.977, -92.974
Ohaver DiggingsLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.993, -92.980
Hall + Roberd DiggingsLead—Past Producer36.976, -92.950
Halls MinesLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.954, -93.012
Frisco MineIron—Past Producer37.076, -93.563
Roberts DiggingsZinc, Lead—Past Producer36.865, -92.817
Campbell + Hans DiggingsLead—Past Producer36.977, -92.970
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.993, -93.180
Harver DiggingsLead—Past Producer36.994, -92.988
Mcfadden DiggingsLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.977, -92.969
Unknown - IronIron—Past Producer37.060, -93.491
Harpers MineLead, Zinc—Past Producer37.075, -92.907
Ribeck MineZinc, Lead—Past Producer36.963, -93.163
Vaughns DiggingsLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.989, -93.197
Tuttle MineLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.971, -93.153
Angus MineIron—Past Producer37.042, -93.496
Miller DiggingsLead—Past Producer36.984, -93.187
Elk Valley DiggingsLead, Zinc—Past Producer37.026, -93.197
Arnt MineIron—Past Producer37.025, -93.503
Adams MineLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.847, -92.975
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.922, -93.203
Mon-Ark MinesZinc—Past Producer36.992, -93.197
Barber Creek DiggingsLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.869, -93.032
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.982, -93.189
Sheep DiggingsLead—Past Producer36.968, -93.021
Purdham DiggingsLead—Past Producer37.065, -92.987
Lang MineLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.963, -93.163
Rassieur MinesLead—Past Producer36.951, -92.948
Mary Arnold Mine Number TwoLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.963, -93.163
Roberts DiggingsLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.950, -92.987
Mcclellan DiggingsLead, Zinc—Past Producer37.052, -93.036
Mary ArnoldZinc—Past Producer36.963, -93.161
Smarts DiggingsIron—Past Producer37.031, -93.505
Alma MineZinc, Lead—Past Producer36.991, -93.197
Mary Arnold MineLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.966, -93.163
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.897, -93.165
Dysart DiggingsZinc, Lead—Past Producer36.977, -92.969

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 5 fossil collection records in Christian County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Greene County · Webster County · Stone County · Taney County · Lawrence 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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