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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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Brown Prospect (Occurrence)Home Cantrell Property (Occurrence)Smallwood Prospect (Prospect)Wolf Prospect (Occurrence)J.N. Havens Property (Occurrence)White Oak Mt. Mine (Past Producer)White Oak Mountain (Occurrence)Gee Prospect (Prospect)White Oak Mountain Mine (Past Producer)Hardwick Lead Mine + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Hardwick Lead Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Sloan Prospect (Prospect)Lord Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Hannah Prospect (Prospect)Hambright Mine (Past Producer)M.V. Jones Prospect (Prospect)D.A.M. Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Hambright Mine/Lord Mine (Past Producer)Griffen Barite Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Hambright Lead Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Underwood Mine (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
21 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 1 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

White Oak Mountain Mine

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Quartz) and 1 of our card minerals overall. That ties with 1 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. Minerals mentioned: Quartz. Approx. location 35.243, -84.969. 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?

16
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

10
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

5
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

Barite 3Galena 3Pyrite 2Sphalerite 2Lithiophorite 1

Commodities

Manganese 14Lead 4Barium-Barite 3Zinc 2Iron 1Diatomite 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Griffen Barite MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer35.142, -84.850
Griffin Barite MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer35.142, -84.850
Hambright Lead MineLeadBarite, Galena, Pyrite, SphaleritePast Producer35.236, -84.754
Hambright Lead MineLeadGalenaPast Producer35.236, -84.754
Hardwick Lead MineLead, ZincGalena, Pyrite, SphaleritePast Producer35.100, -84.911
White Oak Mountain—LithiophoriteOccurrence35.199, -84.980
Underwood MineManganese—Past Producer35.236, -84.739
D.A.M. MineManganese—Past Producer35.025, -84.901
Hardwick Lead MineZinc, Lead—Past Producer35.100, -84.911
White Oak Mt. MineManganese—Past Producer35.208, -84.975
Hambright Mine/Lord MineManganese—Past Producer35.064, -84.889
Wolf ProspectManganese—Occurrence35.119, -85.019
Underwood Mine——Prospect35.237, -84.760
Griffen Barite MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer35.142, -84.850
Brown ProspectManganese—Occurrence35.145, -85.024
Hannah ProspectManganese—Prospect35.002, -84.921
Gee ProspectManganese—Prospect35.098, -84.984
Hardwick Lead Mine——Prospect35.101, -84.912
Home Cantrell PropertyManganese—Occurrence35.156, -85.007
Hambright Lead Mine——Prospect35.236, -84.754
Smallwood Prospect——Prospect35.141, -85.004
M.V. Jones ProspectManganese—Prospect35.042, -84.900
King ProspectManganese—Prospect35.245, -85.967
White Oak Mountain Mine——Past Producer35.243, -84.969
Hambright Mine——Past Producer35.052, -84.896
Sloan ProspectManganese—Prospect35.025, -84.909
J.N. Havens PropertyManganese—Occurrence35.187, -84.999
D.A.M. Mine——Past Producer35.023, -84.904
Lord MineIron—Past Producer35.020, -84.910
Black Fox QuarryDiatomite—Past Producer35.113, -84.921
Snyder ProspectManganese—Prospect35.019, -84.911

Nearby counties

Hamilton County · McMinn County · Polk County · Marion County · Monroe 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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