Home › Missouri › Morgan CountyRockhounding in Morgan County, Missouri Sniff around Morgan County and you’ll be following old miners and prospectors. USGS records 206 named mineral sites here, not counting sand, gravel, crushed stone and clay pits.
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.
Sketch map Heinaman Barite Prospect (Past Producer) Martin Coal Bank + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Last Chance Mine (Past Producer) Gray Lead Mine (Past Producer) Riggs Prospect + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Wigwam Creek Bank (Past Producer) Zollinger Diggings + 3 more nearby (Past Producer) Thomas Able Property (Past Producer) Price Mill Diggings (Past Producer) Buffalo Lead Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Antweiler Prospect (Past Producer) Palm Bank (Past Producer) Gouts Creek Mine (Past Producer) Hildebrandt Mine (Past Producer) Stoecker Mine (Past Producer) Otten Diggings (Past Producer) Unknown - Ba Pb (Past Producer) Argenbright Diggings (Past Producer) Potter # 2 Mines + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) Johnson Diggings (Past Producer) Wilson Diggings (Past Producer) Anderson Ranch Prospect + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Twin Springs Dig (Past Producer) Spring Branch Prospect (Past Producer) Muensterman Shaft (Past Producer) Carver Mine (Past Producer) Cohn & Redman Mine (Past Producer) Gabrielle Mine (Past Producer) Crystal Mine (Past Producer) Wes Merriott Prospect + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Proctor Lead Prospect + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Motherbauh Barite Prospect (Past Producer) W.H. Young Mine (Past Producer) Unknown - Pb /Zn (Past Producer) Unknown Pb / Zn + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Kruschen Lead Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) Hardtmeyer No.1 Mine (Past Producer) Potter # 1 Mine (Past Producer) Stover Diggings + 5 more nearby (Past Producer) Alva Silvey Mine + 6 more nearby (Past Producer) Lawrence #2 Diggings + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) Dave Merriott Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer) Unknown - Barite (Past Producer) Proctor Creek Mine # 1 & # 2 (Past Producer) Three Bill's Mine (Past Producer) Cohn Mine (Past Producer) Unknown - Pb / Zn (Past Producer) Perry Ross Diggings (Past Producer) Merrit Diggings (Past Producer) Ed Merriott Mine # 1 (Past Producer) Eclipse Mine + 5 more nearby (Past Producer) John Webb Mine (Past Producer) Joe Silvey Prospect + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) P. Siegel Prospect (Past Producer) Hecht Prospect + 3 more nearby (Past Producer) Merrel Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) Morrison Lead Prospect + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) Eureka - Scott Diggings (Past Producer) Sheets Prospect No 1 & 2 (Past Producer) Hite Barite Prospect (Past Producer) Monett Dig (Past Producer) Wildcat Diggings + 6 more nearby (Past Producer) White Horse Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer) Drybone Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer) Chas. Hibdon #2 Prospect + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) Bluff Springs Zinc Mine (Past Producer) Unknown - Pb/Zn (Past Producer) Nelson Diggings + 3 more nearby (Past Producer) Thompson Prospect + 3 more nearby (Past Producer) Old Diggings + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) Ira Williams Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer) M. Hart Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Versailles and African Diggings (Past Producer) Mccormick and Thayer Shaft + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) Page Prospect + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Old Jack Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) Unknown - Barite + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) Geiger Prospect (Past Producer) Pace Lead Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) Bond Tunnel Mine (Past Producer) Unknown - Pb./Zn. (Past Producer) Sharon Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) Granby Diggings (Past Producer) Silvey Zinc Mine (Past Producer) Schultz Dig (Past Producer) Kay Prospect # 1 & #2 (Past Producer) Rastover Prospect (Past Producer) Gravois Bank (Past Producer) Collier Mine (Past Producer) Capp's Mine + 4 more nearby (Past Producer) Moreland Dig + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) J. Holst Prospect (Past Producer) Union Electric Prospect + 3 more nearby (Past Producer) Washburn Mine (Past Producer) Pace Lead Mine (Past Producer) Lead Hill Diggings + 3 more nearby (Past Producer) West Mine Number One + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Spurlock Dig (Past Producer) Fred Williams Lead Prospect (Past Producer) Unknown - Lead (Past Producer) Bunkers Prospect + 3 more nearby (Past Producer) Excelsior Diggings (Past Producer) Madole Diggings (Past Producer) Dolph Diggings (Past Producer) January Diggings (Past Producer) Kelsey Diggings (Past Producer) Gier Barite Mine (Past Producer) Tole and Skelton Diggings + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Beach Barite Mine (Past Producer)
109 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.Woof’s favorite find
Thomas Able Property We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Quartz) 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 Barium-Barite. Minerals mentioned: Quartz, Pyrite. Approx. location 38.610, -92.992. 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? 204
Past Producer Produced ore or material at some point in the past.
2
Prospect Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.
Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.
Mineral cards Quartz Mohs 7. Six-sided points; smoky quartz is NH’s state gem. Mindat
1 site
Pyrite Mohs 6–6.5. Brassy “fool’s gold,” often cubic. Mindat
1 site
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 124 118 50 6 4 Sites (first 40) Site Commodity Minerals recorded Status Approx. location Kay Prospect # 1 & #2 Barium-Barite — Past Producer 38.314, -92.790 Motherbauh Barite Prospect Barium-Barite, Lead — Past Producer 38.650, -92.918 Page Prospect Lead — Past Producer 38.369, -92.833 Pace Lead Mine Lead — Past Producer 38.246, -92.774 Alva Silvey Mine Barium-Barite — Past Producer 38.370, -92.927 Stover Diggings Lead — Past Producer 38.393, -92.924 Ira Williams Mine Barium-Barite, Lead — Past Producer 38.303, -92.845 Perry Ross Diggings Lead, Zinc — Past Producer 38.498, -92.896 Unknown - Barite Barium-Barite — Past Producer 38.283, -92.833 Wes Merriott Prospect Barium-Barite, Lead — Past Producer 38.371, -92.950 Gabrielle Mine Lead — Past Producer 38.493, -92.932 Capp's Mine Barium-Barite — Past Producer 38.196, -92.802 Rose Diggings Barium-Barite, Lead — Past Producer 38.299, -92.844 Madole Diggings Lead, Zinc — Past Producer 38.329, -92.726 Eclipse Mine Barium-Barite, Lead — Past Producer 38.326, -92.898 Bunkers Prospect Zinc — Past Producer 38.297, -92.745 Proctor Lead Prospect Lead, Barium-Barite — Past Producer 38.302, -92.943 Wildcat Diggings Lead — Past Producer 38.329, -92.870 Merrit Diggings Lead — Past Producer 38.393, -92.887 Delong Mine Barium-Barite — Past Producer 38.329, -92.895 White Horse Mine Barium-Barite — Past Producer 38.319, -92.866 Bradshaw Prospect # 1 & #2 Barium-Barite — Past Producer 38.298, -92.750 Dave Merriott Mine Barium-Barite — Past Producer 38.333, -92.920 Collier Mine Barium-Barite — Past Producer 38.249, -92.813 Hudson Diggings Barium-Barite — Past Producer 38.333, -92.900 Hite Barite Prospect Barium-Barite — Past Producer 38.413, -92.868 Thompson Prospect Barium-Barite, Lead — Past Producer 38.325, -92.853 Joe Silvey Prospect Barium-Barite — Past Producer 38.303, -92.882 Antweiler Prospect Barium-Barite — Past Producer 38.334, -92.975 Union Electric Prospect Lead, Barium-Barite — Past Producer 38.290, -92.772 Palm Bank Iron — Past Producer 38.252, -92.982 Potter # 2 Mines Lead — Past Producer 38.368, -92.958 Haskins Barite Prospect Barium-Barite — Past Producer 38.280, -92.823 Lead Hill Diggings Lead — Past Producer 38.199, -92.773 January Diggings Lead — Past Producer 38.284, -92.743 W.B.Hart Mine Barium-Barite — Past Producer 38.196, -92.786 Spring Branch Prospect Lead, Barium-Barite — Past Producer 38.643, -92.939 Lawrence #2 Diggings Barium-Barite — Past Producer 38.346, -92.924 Buffalo Lead Mine Lead, Barium-Barite — Past Producer 38.353, -92.975 Potter # 1 Mine Lead — Past Producer 38.396, -92.921
Fossil collections The Paleobiology Database lists 2 fossil collection records in Morgan County. These are research records, not public dig sites.
Nearby counties Benton County · Camden County · Moniteau County · Miller County · Cole 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
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