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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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Holt Shafts (Past Producer)Bradley Land (Prospect)Newton Mining Co Land (Prospect)Charles Rippee Iron Mine (Occurrence)Nourse Farm (Past Producer)L M Strong Pit (Past Producer)John Skiles (Prospect)Everett Mahan Prospect (Past Producer)Unknown - Iron (Past Producer)Garrett Bank (Past Producer)Pratt Land (Prospect)Unknown - Iron + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Sharp Mine (Past Producer)Unknown - Lead-Zinc (Past Producer)Unknown - Iron (Past Producer)Price Land (Past Producer)Unknown - Iron (Past Producer)Golman Turner Pit (Past Producer)Buttrom Land Number Two (Prospect)South Missouri Land Co Number Two (Past Producer)T A Manis Prospect + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Unknown - Iron + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Steel Bank (Past Producer)Patillo Brothers + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Ralph Jacobs Prospect (Past Producer)Alice Mine (Past Producer)Summers Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Arnett Land (Past Producer)Unknown - Iron + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Unknown - Iron (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
30 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

Alice Mine

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Quartz) and 2 of our card minerals overall. That ties with 3 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 Zinc. Minerals mentioned: Quartz, Pyrite. Approx. location 36.592, -92.125. 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?

30
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

6
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

1
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

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 27Zinc 5Lead 3Aluminum 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Charles Rippee Iron Mine——Occurrence36.761, -92.536
Unknown - IronIron—Past Producer36.725, -92.200
Unknown - IronIron—Past Producer36.572, -92.172
Sharp Mine——Past Producer36.628, -92.217
Patillo Brothers——Prospect36.629, -92.127
Unknown - IronIron—Past Producer36.592, -92.156
Price LandIron—Past Producer36.600, -92.188
Nourse FarmAluminum—Past Producer36.621, -92.480
Pratt LandIron—Prospect36.758, -92.196
South Missouri Land Co Number TwoIron—Past Producer36.713, -92.160
Newton Mining Co LandIron—Prospect36.767, -92.633
Summers MineIron—Past Producer36.520, -92.127
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.621, -92.212
Golman Turner PitZinc—Past Producer36.535, -92.194
Steel BankIron—Past Producer36.521, -92.166
Unknown - IronIron—Past Producer36.631, -92.174
Garrett BankIron—Past Producer36.576, -92.247
Unknown - IronIron—Past Producer36.602, -92.121
Unknown - IronIron—Past Producer36.606, -92.158
South Missouri Land Co Number OneIron—Past Producer36.728, -92.195
T A Manis ProspectIron—Past Producer36.699, -92.150
Holt ShaftsLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.511, -92.762
L M Strong PitIron—Past Producer36.618, -92.322
J C Bond ProspectIron—Past Producer36.692, -92.160
Ralph Jacobs ProspectIron—Past Producer36.624, -92.144
John Skiles——Prospect36.727, -92.300
Arnett LandIron—Past Producer36.502, -92.143
Collins LandIron—Past Producer36.728, -92.215
B H + B MineIron—Past Producer36.641, -92.145
Unknown - IronIron—Past Producer36.654, -92.244
Bradley LandIron—Prospect36.710, -92.742
Buttrom Land Number TwoIron—Prospect36.512, -92.188
Unknown - IronIron—Past Producer36.586, -92.120
Glazier LandIron—Past Producer36.521, -92.131
Alice MineZinc—Past Producer36.592, -92.125
Alice MineLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.593, -92.121
Everett Mahan ProspectIron—Past Producer36.613, -92.283

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 10 fossil collection records in Ozark County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Howell County · Douglas County · Oregon County · Wright County · Texas County

Missouri mineral guides

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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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