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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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Chrisman Bank (Past Producer)Pioneer #1 Mine (Past Producer)Unknown - Iron (Past Producer)Chrisman Diggins (Past Producer)Unknown - Lead & Zinc (Past Producer)Unknown - Lead (Past Producer)Unknown - Iron (Past Producer)Unknown - Iron (Past Producer)Unknown - Fe (Past Producer)Copper Mine (Past Producer)Unknown - Iron (Past Producer)Unknown - Iron (Past Producer)Great Future Mine (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
13 paw pins, one per site. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Woof’s favorite find

Copper Mine

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 1 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 Sulfur-Pyrite. Minerals mentioned: Pyrite. Approx. location 38.239, -91.889. 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?

13
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

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 7Lead 4Zinc 2Sulfur-Pyrite 2

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Unknown - IronIron—Past Producer38.168, -92.151
Great Future MineZinc, Lead—Past Producer38.108, -91.781
Unknown - LeadLead—Past Producer38.121, -92.024
Chrisman BankIron—Past Producer38.159, -92.168
Chrisman DigginsLead—Past Producer38.170, -92.137
Unknown - Lead & ZincLead, Zinc—Past Producer38.155, -92.049
Unknown - IronIron—Past Producer38.238, -91.877
Pioneer #1 MineSulfur-Pyrite—Past Producer38.146, -92.173
Copper MineSulfur-Pyrite—Past Producer38.239, -91.889
Unknown - IronIron—Past Producer38.179, -91.967
Unknown - IronIron—Past Producer38.046, -92.012
Unknown - FeIron—Past Producer38.102, -91.937
Unknown - IronIron—Past Producer38.117, -91.830

Nearby counties

Osage County · Pulaski County · Miller County · Cole County · Phelps 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.

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