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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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Belden Pit (Producer)Belden Pit (Producer)George Meuhlhooffer Prospect (Occurrence)Belden Pit (Producer)E J Heston Prospect (Occurrence)Walter Harmon Prospect (Occurrence)Playford Bliss Prospect (Occurrence)Jessie Simmon Prospect (Occurrence)Zoar Pit (Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
9 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.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

5
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

4
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Iron 5

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Belden Pit——Producer40.516, -81.596
George Meuhlhooffer ProspectIron—Occurrence40.395, -81.603
Belden Pit——Producer40.502, -81.667
E J Heston ProspectIron—Occurrence40.317, -81.565
Jessie Simmon ProspectIron—Occurrence40.406, -81.530
Walter Harmon ProspectIron—Occurrence40.393, -81.541
Playford Bliss ProspectIron—Occurrence40.242, -81.547
Belden Pit——Producer40.498, -81.626
Zoar Pit——Producer40.621, -81.408

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 20 fossil collection records in Tuscarawas County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Carroll County · Guernsey County · Coshocton County · Stark County · Holmes 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 USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date.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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