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Henckel Mine (Past Producer)Marble Prospect (Prospect)Marble Prospect (Prospect)Bruce Doyle & Reedy Burns Prospects (Prospect)Cox Prospect (Past Producer)Marble Prospect (Prospect)Unnamed Mica Prospect (Prospect)Cox Prospect (Prospect)Marble Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Marble Prospect (Prospect)Jesse Lay Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Kuhtman Mine (Unknown)Marble Prospect (Prospect)Jesse Lay Mine (Unknown)Marble Prospect (Prospect)Keith Deposit (Occurrence)Unnamed Talc Prospect (Prospect)Parker Deposit (Occurrence)Whitewater-Toxaway Placer (Unknown)Sitton Prospect (Prospect)Sitton Prospect (Unknown)Cochran Mine (Past Producer)Leroy Prospect + 2 more nearby (Prospect)Sloan Placer + 2 more nearby (Unknown)Pickens Prospect (Unknown)Cochran Placer (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
26 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 4 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

Cochran Placer

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Gold) and 1 of our card minerals overall. That ties with 19 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 Gold. Minerals mentioned: Gold. Approx. location 34.633, -82.867. 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?

19
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

7
Unknown

Status not recorded.

7
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

4
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

1
Plant

A processing plant site.

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

Gold 8

Commodities

Gold 17Mica 9Marble 8Dimension 8Silver 2Garnet 1Talc-Soapstone 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Henckel MineGoldGoldUnknown34.819, -83.302
Jesse Lay MineGoldGoldUnknown34.929, -83.061
Kuhtman MineGoldGoldUnknown34.983, -83.058
Whitewater-Toxaway PlacerGoldGoldUnknown34.977, -82.942
Sitton ProspectGoldGoldUnknown34.602, -82.949
Sloan PlacerGoldGoldUnknown34.703, -82.871
Pickens ProspectGoldGoldUnknown34.662, -82.869
Cochran PlacerGoldGoldPast Producer34.633, -82.867
Cox ProspectGold—Past Producer34.729, -83.302
Unnamed Garnet ProspectGarnet—Prospect34.696, -82.883
Marble ProspectMarble, Dimension—Prospect34.684, -83.326
Marble ProspectMarble, Dimension—Prospect34.760, -83.152
Bruce Doyle & Reedy Burns ProspectsMica—Prospect34.797, -83.296
Jesse Lay MineGold—Past Producer34.933, -83.077
Leroy ProspectMica—Prospect34.727, -82.881
Henckel MineGold—Past Producer34.765, -83.318
Kuhtman MineGold—Past Producer34.935, -83.071
Sloan ProspectGold—Occurrence34.698, -82.873
Marble ProspectMarble, Dimension—Prospect34.949, -83.055
Marble ProspectMarble, Dimension—Prospect34.890, -83.003
Unnamed Mica ProspectMica—Prospect34.648, -83.224
(Facility) Unnamed Silver Smelter SiteSilver—Plant34.926, -83.080
J B Smith ProspectMica—Prospect34.717, -82.877
Amos L Honeycutt DepositMica—Occurrence34.745, -82.835
Parker DepositMica—Occurrence34.633, -82.969
Unnamed Silver MineSilver—Past Producer34.937, -83.067
Keith DepositMica—Occurrence34.768, -82.964
Marble ProspectMarble, Dimension—Prospect34.754, -83.157
Unnamed Mica ProspectMica—Prospect34.604, -83.981
Pickens ProspectGold—Prospect34.636, -82.848
Sitton ProspectGold—Prospect34.628, -82.947
John Dyer ProspectMica—Prospect34.720, -82.879
Cox ProspectGold—Prospect34.624, -83.225
Unnamed Talc ProspectTalc-Soapstone—Prospect34.752, -82.963
Marble ProspectMarble, Dimension—Prospect34.764, -83.144
Marble ProspectMarble, Dimension—Prospect34.788, -83.219
Marble ProspectMarble, Dimension—Prospect34.733, -83.318
Cochran MineGold—Past Producer34.626, -82.907

Nearby counties

Pickens County · Anderson County · Greenville County · Abbeville County · Spartanburg 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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