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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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Unknown - Lead-Zinc (Past Producer)Unknown - Lead (Past Producer)Unknown - Lead-Zinc (Past Producer)Spoonhow Mine (Past Producer)Unknown - Lead Zinc (Past Producer)Wild Cat Mine (Past Producer)Unknown - Iron (Past Producer)Unknown - Iron (Past Producer)Unknown - Gold (Prospect)Unknown - Lead-Zinc (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
10 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

Unknown - Gold

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Gold) and 1 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as prospect for Gold. Minerals mentioned: Gold. Approx. location 36.780, -93.377. 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?

9
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

1
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

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 7Zinc 5Iron 2Gold 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.532, -93.581
Unknown - IronIron—Past Producer36.986, -93.402
Unknown - GoldGold—Prospect36.780, -93.377
Unknown - LeadLead—Past Producer36.974, -93.602
Unknown - Lead-ZincZinc, Lead—Past Producer36.871, -93.604
Wild Cat MineLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.674, -93.557
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.771, -93.313
Spoonhow MineLead—Past Producer36.556, -93.574
Unknown - IronIron—Past Producer36.986, -93.493
Unknown - Lead ZincLead, Zinc—Past Producer36.861, -93.542

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 fossil collection records in Stone County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Lawrence County · Barry County · Christian County · Taney County · Greene County

Missouri mineral guides

Back to all Missouri counties.

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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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