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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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Knight Mine (Past Producer)Short Tom Smith Mine (Past Producer)Ernest Smith Mines (Past Producer)Long Tom Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Ernest Smith Prospect No. 1 (Prospect)Rosa Evans Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Clifton Mine (Past Producer)Tyler Holland Mine (Prospect)Holland Mine (Past Producer)Dennemora Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Hopkins (Occurrence)Reidsville Quarry (Past Producer)Apple (Occurrence)Cascade (Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
14 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

Clifton Mine

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 2 of the minerals on our cards and 2 of our card minerals overall. That ties with 4 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 Mica. Minerals mentioned: Mica, Feldspar. Approx. location 36.541, -79.931. 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?

10
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

4
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

2
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

2
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

Magnetite 1

Commodities

Mica 12Iron 2Bloating Material 1Granite 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Dennemora MineIronMagnetitePast Producer36.283, -79.783
CascadeBloating Material—Producer36.540, -79.639
Apple——Occurrence36.267, -79.666
Hopkins——Occurrence36.267, -79.750
Reidsville QuarryGranite—Past Producer36.374, -79.722
Dannemora MineIron—Producer36.283, -79.783
Rosa Evans MineMica—Past Producer36.523, -79.951
Clifton MineMica—Past Producer36.541, -79.931
Grapevine MineMica—Past Producer36.528, -79.948
Long Tom ProspectMica—Prospect36.524, -79.953
Cox ProspectMica—Prospect36.524, -79.955
Knight MineMica—Past Producer36.538, -79.981
Holland MineMica—Past Producer36.519, -79.925
Short Tom Smith MineMica—Past Producer36.526, -79.970
W T Smith MineMica—Past Producer36.529, -79.946
Ernest Smith Prospect No. 1Mica—Prospect36.538, -79.944
Tyler Holland MineMica—Prospect36.524, -79.918
Ernest Smith MinesMica—Past Producer36.537, -79.953

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 3 fossil collection records in Rockingham County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Stokes County · Forsyth County · Guilford County · Caswell County · Surry County

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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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