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Lucas Prospect (Prospect)Clifton Prospect (Prospect)Holley Prospect (Prospect)Harris Prospecat (Prospect)Grimes Ore Banks (Past Producer)Carroll Ore Banks (Past Producer)Gafford Prospect (Prospect)Mccollum Mines (Past Producer)Slayden Mines (Past Producer)Slayden Prospects (Prospect)Thomason Pits (Past Producer)Potter and Smitto Pits (Past Producer)Worley Branch Mine (Past Producer)Sylvia Prospect (Prospect)Edwards Prospect (Prospect)Hortense Mines (Past Producer)Worley Furnace Mines (Past Producer)Davis Prospects (Prospect)Hortense Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Pits (Past Producer)Dry Creek Hollow Mines (Past Producer)Stokes Ore Bank (Past Producer)Bell Mine (Past Producer)Old Mines (Past Producer)Stokes Mines (Past Producer)Wolf and Berry Pits (Past Producer)Lyle and Clifton Prospects (Past Producer)Unnamed Mine + 9 more nearby (Past Producer)Cavill Tract (Past Producer)Montgomery Bell Ore Banks (Past Producer)Iron Hill Mines (Past Producer)Laurel Furnace Mines (Past Producer)Gillam Prospect (Prospect)Happy Valley School Prospect (Prospect)Brown Prospect (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
35 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 2 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

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33
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

12
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

1
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Iron 46

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Unnamed MineIron—Past Producer36.272, -87.374
Unnamed MineIron—Past Producer36.271, -87.374
Burns ProspectsIron—Prospect36.058, -83.280
Unnamed MineIron—Past Producer36.272, -87.367
Old MinesIron—Past Producer36.273, -87.393
Bell MineIron—Past Producer36.234, -87.408
Slayden MinesIron—Past Producer36.285, -87.471
Iron Hill MinesIron—Past Producer35.996, -87.316
Thomason PitsIron—Past Producer36.290, -87.455
Brown ProspectIron—Past Producer36.064, -87.256
Laurel Furnace MinesIron—Past Producer36.094, -87.290
Clifton ProspectIron—Prospect36.047, -87.534
Slayden ProspectsIron—Prospect36.319, -87.458
Unnamed MineIron—Past Producer36.271, -87.375
Unnamed MineIron—Past Producer36.274, -87.368
Unnamed MineIron—Past Producer36.273, -87.368
Lucas ProspectIron—Prospect36.070, -87.527
Mccollum MinesIron—Past Producer36.316, -87.471
Unnamed MineIron—Past Producer36.271, -87.373
Happy Valley School ProspectIron—Prospect36.102, -87.275
Gafford ProspectIron—Prospect36.310, -87.488
Unnamed MineIron—Past Producer36.273, -87.369
Gillam ProspectIron—Prospect36.200, -87.271
Holley ProspectIron—Prospect36.244, -87.517
Cavill TractIron—Past Producer36.024, -87.366
Stokes MinesIron—Past Producer36.249, -87.391
Lyle and Clifton ProspectsIron—Past Producer36.018, -87.381
Wilson and Corlew PitsIron—Past Producer36.168, -83.332
Dry Creek Hollow MinesIron—Past Producer36.265, -87.407
Montgomery Bell Ore BanksIron—Past Producer36.019, -87.323
Harris ProspecatIron—Prospect35.999, -87.521
Hortense ProspectIron—Occurrence36.150, -87.417
Edwards ProspectIron—Prospect36.165, -87.443
Sylvia ProspectIron—Prospect36.181, -87.433
Hortense MinesIron—Past Producer36.142, -87.428
Unnamed MineIron—Past Producer36.271, -87.367
Davis ProspectsIron—Prospect36.186, -87.417
Stokes Ore BankIron—Past Producer36.257, -87.397
Wolf and Berry PitsIron—Past Producer36.181, -87.383
Grimes Ore BanksIron—Past Producer36.333, -87.505

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Montgomery County · Cheatham County · Humphreys County · Stewart County · Williamson 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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