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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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Sickendick Land (Past Producer)Hollman Diggings (Past Producer)Kleins Ore Bank (Past Producer)Unknown -Fe&Pb + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Leslie Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Hobelman Prospect (Unknown)Temme Pit (Past Producer)Unknown - Pb / Zn + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Newbauer Property (Past Producer)Joseph Assek Farm + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Unknown - Pb-Zn (Past Producer)Lolla Mines (Past Producer)Rueppele Mine (Past Producer)Pickles Lead Prospect (Past Producer)Unknown - Lead + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Rueppele Copper Mine (Past Producer)Unknown - Pb (Past Producer)Unknown - Lead + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Jack Mines (Past Producer)Cruz Diggings (Past Producer)Maupin Mines (Past Producer)Rueppele Pit (Past Producer)Unknown - Lead + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Unknown - Lead (Unknown)Franks Mine (Past Producer)Hamilton Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Elliot Mine (Past Producer)Unknown - Cu & Fe (Past Producer)Thurmond Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Reliance Diggings + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Denny Prospect (Past Producer)Thomas Mines + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Silver Hollow Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Peninsula Mines (Past Producer)Unknown - Ba (Past Producer)Shotwell Mines + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Hamilton Prospect (Past Producer)Iron Hill Mine (Past Producer)Farrar Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Whitmire Mine (Past Producer)Thomas Mine (Past Producer)Kasmann Quarry (Past Producer)Unknown - Pb & Ba + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Duckworth Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Unknown - Pb&Fe (Past Producer)Fisher Prospect (Past Producer)Pickles Blue Tiff Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Copper Hollow (Past Producer)Bredell Mines (Past Producer)Unknown - Clay (Past Producer)Unknown - Ss. (Past Producer)Hibbard Mine (Past Producer)Massey's Mine (Past Producer)Jans Barite Deposit + 3 more nearby (Prospect)Jeffries Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Unknown - Pb (Past Producer)Unknown - Lead (Past Producer)Zark Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Golconda Mines (Past Producer)Unknown - Pb /Ba (Past Producer)Vieman Mines (Past Producer)Enterprise Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Wildy's Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Burt Shaft + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Virginia Mine (Producer)Petroleum Lead Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Yellow Dog Mine (Past Producer)Giles Mine (Past Producer)Unknown - Copper + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Short Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Unknown - Lead (Past Producer)Northernland Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Unknown - Pb. (Past Producer)Unknown - Pb. (Past Producer)Jeffries Mine (Past Producer)Pittsburg Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Drake Mine (Past Producer)Unknown - Iron (Past Producer)Venable Property (Past Producer)Eastwood Mines (Past Producer)Pacific Quarry + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
81 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.

Woof’s favorite find

Bredell Mines

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 9 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 38.249, -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?

118
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

2
Unknown

Status not recorded.

2
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

1
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

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 77Iron 35Barium-Barite 20Zinc 14Copper 6Sulfur-Pyrite 3Flagstone 3Silica 2

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Iron Hill MineIron—Past Producer38.301, -91.052
Unknown - LeadLead—Unknown38.230, -91.103
Virginia MineBarium-Barite—Producer38.291, -90.924
Thurmond MineLead—Past Producer38.289, -91.079
Maupin MinesLead—Past Producer38.337, -91.092
Pickles Blue Tiff MineLead—Past Producer38.282, -91.035
Bredell MinesCopper—Past Producer38.249, -91.018
Denny ProspectIron—Past Producer38.264, -91.073
Jeffries MineLead—Past Producer38.251, -91.001
Unknown - BaBarium-Barite—Past Producer38.364, -91.045
Duckworth MineIron—Past Producer38.356, -91.016
Joseph Assek FarmLead—Past Producer38.410, -91.135
Farrar MineLead—Past Producer38.281, -91.057
Hibbard MineIron—Past Producer38.324, -91.009
Pickles Copper Hollow ProspectIron—Past Producer38.254, -91.006
Unknown - CopperCopper—Past Producer38.224, -90.943
Hollman DiggingsIron—Past Producer38.465, -91.332
Unknown - Pb&FeLead, Iron—Past Producer38.336, -91.033
Kelsey MineSulfur-Pyrite—Past Producer38.290, -91.077
Short MineBarium-Barite, Lead—Past Producer38.363, -90.908
Lolla MinesLead—Past Producer38.293, -91.135
Zark MineLead—Past Producer38.296, -90.987
Reliance DiggingsLead—Past Producer38.282, -91.070
Rueppele Copper MineSulfur-Pyrite—Past Producer38.277, -91.123
Jeffries MineLead—Past Producer38.338, -90.884
Hamilton ProspectBarium-Barite, Iron—Past Producer38.324, -91.057
Jack MinesLead—Past Producer38.372, -91.097
Unknown - LeadLead—Past Producer38.246, -91.116
Petroleum Lead MineLead—Past Producer38.279, -90.929
Silver Hollow MineCopper, Iron—Past Producer38.224, -91.062
Dugan Hill MineBarium-Barite, Lead, Zinc—Past Producer38.298, -90.985
Generally DiggingsBarium-Barite, Lead, Zinc—Past Producer38.296, -90.979
Thomas MinesLead—Past Producer38.242, -91.063
Copper HollowCopper, Iron—Past Producer38.265, -91.016
Enterprise MineLead—Past Producer38.263, -90.960
Pacific QuarrySilica—Past Producer38.487, -90.742
Franks MineLead—Past Producer38.421, -91.061
Booth BankIron—Past Producer38.279, -91.050
Jans Barite DepositBarium-Barite—Prospect38.283, -91.000
Unknown - Pb.Lead—Past Producer38.248, -90.904

Fossil collections

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

Nearby counties

St. Charles County · Washington County · Crawford County · Gasconade County · Jefferson County

Missouri mineral guides

Back to all Missouri counties.

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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