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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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Union Carbide/ Oak Ridge, Tn. + 1 more nearby (Plant)Briceville (Past Producer)Bright and Howell Prospect (Occurrence)Wallace Prospect (Past Producer)Conda Nance Farm (Prospect)Moore (Prospect)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
6 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.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

2
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

2
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

2
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

1
Plant

A processing plant site.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Bloating Material 1Thorium 1Manganese 1Barium-Barite 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
BricevilleBloating Material—Past Producer36.169, -84.234
Wallace Prospect——Past Producer36.164, -84.137
Conda Nance Farm——Prospect36.038, -84.123
Moore——Prospect36.128, -84.049
Union Carbide/ Oak Ridge, Tn.Thorium—Plant36.012, -84.267
Bright and Howell ProspectManganese—Occurrence36.175, -84.158
Oak Ridge OccurenceBarium-Barite—Occurrence36.015, -84.269

Fossil collections

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

Nearby counties

Campbell County · Knox County · Blount County · Union County · Roane County

Tennessee mineral guides

Back to all Tennessee counties.

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 USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date.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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