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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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Holly Springs Ball Clay (Unknown)Puryear Mine (Producer)Southern Clay No. 1 Pit. (Producer)Paris Tennessee Fuller'sS Earth (Past Producer)Oak Grove Deposit + 2 more nearby (Prospect)Mcnairy Prospect (Prospect)Oak Grove + 1 more nearby (Prospect)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
7 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.

Woof’s favorite find

Oak Grove Deposit

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 2 gem or collectible minerals (Tourmaline, Quartz) and 2 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as occurrence for Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, Kyanite. Minerals mentioned: Tourmaline, Quartz. Approx. location 36.383, -88.167. 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?

5
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

2
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

1
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

1
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

1
Unknown

Status not recorded.

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

Kyanite 2Monazite 2Rutile 2Zircon 2Ilmenite 1Staurolite 1Tourmaline 1

Commodities

Titanium 6Zirconium 4Metal 2REE 2Kyanite 2Fullers Earth 2Zinc 2Thorium 1Silica 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Oak Grove DepositTitanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, Thorium, KyaniteIlmenite, Kyanite, Monazite, Rutile, ZirconProspect36.383, -88.167
Oak Grove DepositTitanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, KyaniteKyanite, Monazite, Rutile, Staurolite, Tourmaline, ZirconOccurrence36.383, -88.167
Southern Clay No. 1 Pit.Fullers Earth—Producer36.273, -88.312
Paris Tennessee Fuller'sS EarthFullers Earth—Past Producer36.260, -88.319
Oak GroveTitanium—Prospect36.379, -88.136
Puryear MineSilica—Producer36.446, -88.350
Holly Springs Ball Clay——Unknown36.262, -88.385
Ethyl Corp ProspectZinc, Titanium—Prospect36.379, -88.136
Mcnairy ProspectZinc, Titanium—Prospect36.392, -88.139
Oak GroveTitanium, Zirconium—Prospect36.383, -88.167

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 5 fossil collection records in Henry County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Stewart County · Benton County · Weakley County · Humphreys County · Carroll County

Tennessee mineral guides

Back to all Tennessee counties.

Related articles

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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