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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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Murphy Mine #1 + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Harty Land + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Unk (Past Producer)Smith Mine (Past Producer)Goforth Land (Occurrence)M'Gown Land (Occurrence)Pico Iron Mine (Past Producer)Hawks + Houck Land + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Unk (Past Producer)Unk (Past Producer)Tertiary Land (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
11 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.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

9
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

7
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

Limonite 2Goethite 1

Commodities

Iron 15

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Leora Land—Goethite, LimoniteOccurrence37.034, -91.962
Murphy Mine, No.3IronLimonitePast Producer37.006, -91.904
Murphy Mine #1Iron—Past Producer36.946, -90.183
Pico Iron MineIron—Past Producer36.960, -90.155
Tertiary LandIron—Occurrence36.930, -89.940
Murphy Mine #2Iron—Past Producer36.946, -90.201
UnkIron—Past Producer36.961, -90.182
UnkIron—Past Producer36.724, -90.005
Goforth LandIron—Occurrence36.931, -90.165
Harty LandIron—Occurrence36.932, -90.193
Smith MineIron—Past Producer36.946, -90.174
Hawks + Houck LandIron—Occurrence36.956, -90.141
Wilhelm LandIron—Past Producer36.946, -90.146
Hall LandIron—Occurrence36.928, -90.183
UnkIron—Past Producer36.942, -90.043
M'Gown LandIron—Occurrence36.914, -90.170

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 9 fossil collection records in Stoddard County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Butler County · Wayne County · Bollinger County · Scott County · New Madrid 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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