Rockhounding in Wayne County, MO: 299 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

134 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 44 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

Richard Duckett 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 54 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 36.961, -90.647. USGS record.

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Field cards: what kind of sites?

170

Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

Unknown

Status not recorded.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

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

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

Minerals recorded here

Limonite 47Marcasite 2Pyrite 2Goethite 1

Commodities

Iron 217Lead 1Flagstone 1

Sites (first 40)

Site	Commodity	Minerals recorded	Status	Approx. location
Bennett-Smith Mine	Iron	Goethite, Limonite	Past Producer	37.114, -91.587
Lilly Hollow Mine	Iron	Limonite	Past Producer	37.191, -91.719
Jones Land	—	Limonite	Occurrence	37.024, -91.708
Anderson Land	—	Limonite	Occurrence	37.086, -91.665
Atkins Estate Land	—	Limonite	Occurrence	37.087, -91.561
Barker Bank	—	Limonite	Occurrence	37.142, -91.678
Berry Wm. Land No.2	—	Limonite	Occurrence	37.090, -91.615
Haggard Land	—	Limonite	Occurrence	37.152, -91.597
Jines Bank	—	Limonite	Occurrence	37.067, -91.709
Johnson Lewis Bank	—	Limonite	Occurrence	37.093, -91.618
Jennie Mine	Iron	Limonite	Past Producer	37.214, -91.580
Burton Mine	Iron	Limonite	Past Producer	37.168, -91.599
Sneathen and Company Land No. 1	—	Limonite	Occurrence	37.109, -91.580
Berry Wm. Land No. 1	—	Limonite	Occurrence	37.092, -91.627
Folsom Alexander Land	Iron	Limonite	Occurrence	37.115, -91.632
Bear Mountain Bank	Iron	Limonite	Occurrence	37.225, -90.692
Mayberry Tract	—	Limonite	Occurrence	37.024, -91.775
Garrison Tract	—	Limonite	Occurrence	37.038, -91.627
Zippy Mine	Iron	Limonite	Past Producer	37.154, -91.616
White R. Mine	Iron	Limonite	Past Producer	37.172, -91.568
St. Francois Mine	Iron	Limonite	Past Producer	37.133, -91.593
Lambert Mine	—	Limonite	Occurrence	37.214, -91.690
Long and Colby Bank	Iron	Limonite	Past Producer	37.189, -91.683
Hilda Mine	Iron	Limonite	Past Producer	37.065, -91.487
Myers Mine	Iron	Limonite	Past Producer	37.169, -91.592
Cheeney Bank	Iron	Limonite	Occurrence	37.168, -90.612
Childress Mine	Iron	Limonite	Past Producer	37.012, -90.481
Dalton Mrs. N. T. Land	Iron	Limonite	Occurrence	37.117, -90.500
Haynie Hollow Bank	Iron	Limonite	Occurrence	37.033, -90.540
Speer's Mountain	Iron	Limonite	Occurrence	37.215, -91.730
Wooden Shoe Mine	Iron	Limonite	Past Producer	37.049, -91.498
White W. Mine	Iron	Limonite	Past Producer	37.175, -91.579
White Land	—	Limonite	Past Producer	37.156, -91.577
McKenzie Bank No. 2	—	Limonite	Occurrence	37.203, -91.682
Warmuck Land	—	Limonite	Occurrence	37.110, -91.577
Wayne Iron and Lumber Company, Land No. 1.	—	Limonite	Occurrence	37.205, -91.694
Tower Geo. F. Land	—	Limonite	Occurrence	37.095, -91.610
Talley Land	—	Limonite	Occurrence	37.174, -91.588
Switchback Mine	Iron	Limonite	Past Producer	37.066, -91.490
Sneathen and Company Land No. 4	—	Limonite	Occurrence	37.174, -91.596

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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

Rockhounding in Wayne County, Missouri