Rockhounding in Scioto County, OH: 7 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

7 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

Sciotoville Clay

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 2 gem or collectible minerals (Tourmaline, Quartz) and 3 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as occurrence. Minerals mentioned: Tourmaline, Quartz, Mica. Approx. location 38.766, -82.812. 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?

Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

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

Tourmaline
Mohs 7–7.5. Long striated crystals, often black (schorl) or green and pink (elbaite). Mindat
1 site
Quartz
Mohs 7. Six-sided points; smoky quartz is NH’s state gem. Mindat
1 site
Mica
Mohs 2–3. Peels into thin, flexible, shiny sheets. Mindat
1 site

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

Flagstone 5Iron 1

Sites

Site	Commodity	Minerals recorded	Status	Approx. location
Waller Bros Quarry	Flagstone	—	Producer	38.877, -83.097
Taylor Stone Quarry	Flagstone	—	Past Producer	38.842, -83.062
Waller Bros Quarry	Flagstone	—	Producer	38.877, -83.069
Waller Brothers Stone Company	Flagstone	—	Producer	38.829, -83.073
Waller Bros Quarry	Flagstone	—	Producer	38.894, -83.113
Cyclops Corp/ New Boston, Ohio	Iron	—	Producer	38.759, -82.933
Sciotoville Clay	—	—	Occurrence	38.766, -82.812

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 5 fossil collection records in Scioto County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Jackson County · Lawrence County · Franklin County · Hamilton County · Butler 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.

Updated October 2026

Rockhounding in Scioto County, Ohio