Rockhounding in Texas County, MO: 36 USGS Mineral Sites (2026)

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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Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown

22 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 10 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Woof’s favorite find

Fred Sutton

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Quartz) and 2 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. Minerals mentioned: Quartz, Pyrite. Approx. location 37.312, -91.886. 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?

Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

Quartz
Mohs 7. Six-sided points; smoky quartz is NH’s state gem. Mindat
2 sites
Pyrite
Mohs 6–6.5. Brassy “fool’s gold,” often cubic. Mindat
2 sites

Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

Minerals recorded here

Hematite 1Limonite 1Barite 1Ocher 1

Commodities

Iron 18Barium-Barite 4Zinc 4Lead 4Kaolin 3

Sites

Site	Commodity	Minerals recorded	Status	Approx. location
Mc Canless	Barium-Barite	Barite	Past Producer	37.273, -92.038
Roger's Mill Land	—	Hematite, Limonite	Occurrence	37.364, -91.241
Government Land No. 6	—	Ocher	Occurrence	37.242, -90.026
Duke M.E. Land	—	—	Occurrence	37.333, -90.015
Field Bank	—	—	Occurrence	37.316, -90.104
Sutton T.J. Land	—	—	Occurrence	37.737, -90.114
Smith N.W. Land	—	—	Occurrence	37.327, -90.068
Murphy Barite Mine	Barium-Barite	—	Past Producer	37.274, -92.043
Unknown - Iron	Iron	—	Past Producer	37.043, -92.019
Unknown - Barite	Barium-Barite	—	Past Producer	37.272, -92.052
Lead Hill Diggings	Zinc, Lead	—	Past Producer	37.070, -92.258
Unknown - Clay	Kaolin	—	Past Producer	37.491, -92.129
Unknown - Iron	Iron	—	Past Producer	37.333, -91.985
Gerrard Prospect	Iron	—	Past Producer	37.543, -91.843
J.E. Coatney	—	—	Occurrence	37.076, -91.972
Unknown - Iron	Iron	—	Past Producer	37.575, -91.835
Unknown - Iron	Iron	—	Past Producer	37.077, -91.972
Licking Mine	Iron	—	Past Producer	37.564, -91.853
Unknown - Lead & Zinc	Lead, Zinc	—	Past Producer	37.228, -92.166
Fred Sutton	—	—	Past Producer	37.312, -91.886
Unknown - Iron	Iron	—	Past Producer	37.334, -92.153
Unknown - Clay	Kaolin	—	Past Producer	37.132, -91.916
Brunet Diggings	Lead, Zinc	—	Past Producer	37.072, -92.258
Unknown - Iron	Iron	—	Past Producer	37.591, -91.819
Unknown - Iron	Iron	—	Past Producer	37.218, -91.844
Mccanless Barite Mine	Barium-Barite	—	Past Producer	37.273, -92.039
Unknown - Iron-Lead-Zinc	Iron, Lead, Zinc	—	Past Producer	37.044, -92.156
Unknown - Iron	Iron	—	Past Producer	37.388, -92.218
Unknown - Iron	Iron	—	Past Producer	37.070, -92.156
Unknown - Iron	Iron	—	Past Producer	37.230, -91.770
Unknown - Iron	Iron	—	Past Producer	37.305, -91.890
Rogers Mill Land	Iron	—	Past Producer	37.380, -91.889
Unknown - Clay	Kaolin	—	Past Producer	37.087, -91.967
Childress Mine	Iron	—	Past Producer	37.587, -91.807
Unknown - Iron	Iron	—	Past Producer	37.328, -91.929
Unknown - Iron	Iron	—	Past Producer	37.233, -91.969

Fossil collections

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

Nearby counties

Dent County · Shannon County · Howell County · Wright County · Douglas County

Missouri mineral guides

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Is It Legal to Collect Rocks on Public Land? BLM, Forest Service and National Park Rules

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

Rockhounding in Texas County, Missouri