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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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Cobb Creek Prospect (Prospect)Stalcup Prospect (Prospect)Cable Prospect (Prospect)Goss Mine (Past Producer)Profitt Prospect (Past Producer)Floyd Cable Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Cole Prospect + 6 more nearby (Prospect)Scott Prospect + 3 more nearby (Occurrence)Hopper Prospect + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)Sink Mountain Prospect (Prospect)Dry Run Mine/Young Mine (Past Producer)Dry Run Mine (Past Producer)Holloway Prospect (Prospect)Dugger (Prospect)Dugger Prospect (Occurrence)Bentley Prospect (Past Producer)National Metals Corp/ Shady Valley (Past Producer)Mast Prospect + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Pandora Mine (Past Producer)Young Mine (Past Producer)Dougherty Zinc Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Watauga River Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Goss Mine (Past Producer)Clyde Bentley Farm Prospect (Occurrence)Robbin Hollow Prospect (Past Producer)Kemp Shoun Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Doe Valley Mine (Past Producer)Spice Branch Prospect (Prospect)Wagner Property (Prospect)Dry Run Mine (Past Producer)Moody Prospect (Prospect)Mahala Prospect + 2 more nearby (Prospect)C.J. Sluder Prospect (Past Producer)Proffit Prospect (Occurrence)Baker Bank (Past Producer)Stanton Prospect (Prospect)Ham Greer Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Garland Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Ham Greer Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Parks Gap Prospect (Prospect)Wilson Hill Mine No. 2 + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Unnamed Phosphate Prospect (Prospect)Unnamed Iron Prospect (Occurrence)N.W. Harper Prospect (Prospect)Wagner Zinc Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Phosphate Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Wilson Hill Mine (Past Producer)Unnamed Iron Prospect (Prospect)Chalk Branch Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Gentry Prospect + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Wilson Prospect (Prospect)Flint Knob/Little Mt. Mines + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)East Tank Hollow Prospect (Prospect)Hogback Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Jones-Shoun Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Neely Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Phillips Mine (Past Producer)James Branch Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Unnamed Iron Prospects 4 + 3 more nearby (Prospect)State Line Mine (Past Producer)Sebert Prospect (Occurrence)Shouns Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Shouns Prospect (Past Producer)Cabbage Creek Prospect (Prospect)State Line Mine (Past Producer)Burt Hawkins Prospect (Past Producer)Silver Lake Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Wills Mine (Past Producer)Sheets Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Forge Mt. Mine (Past Producer)Virginia Iron, Coal, and Coke Co. (Prospect)Silver Lake Prospect (Prospect)Wills Prospect + 4 more nearby (Occurrence)Butler Bank + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Forge Mountain Mine (Past Producer)Unnamed Sulfide Occurrence (Occurrence)Neely Iron Pits + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Belle Hawkins Mine/Wright Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Ward Ore Bank Mine (Past Producer)Forrester Prospect + 2 more nearby (Prospect)William H. Gentry Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Boiling Springs (Prospect)Huckleberry Ridge Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Barker Tract Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Taylor Valley Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Sutherland Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
86 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

Dugger Prospect

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Quartz) and 2 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as occurrence. Minerals mentioned: Quartz, Pyrite. Approx. location 36.306, -81.949. 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?

68
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

56
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

22
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

Hematite 6Sphalerite 3Barite 3Limonite 3Pyrite 2Psilomelane 1Hollandite 1Pyrolusite 1

Commodities

Manganese 38Iron 10Barium-Barite 2Cobalt 1Phosphorus-Phosphates 1

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Draught Creek Prospect—BariteOccurrence36.314, -81.936
Dry Run MineManganeseBaritePast Producer36.344, -81.918
Dugger Prospect—Barite, Pyrite, SphaleriteOccurrence36.306, -81.949
Unnamed Iron Prospect—HematiteProspect36.346, -81.860
Unnamed Iron Prospect—HematiteOccurrence36.342, -81.870
Unnamed Iron Prospect—HematiteProspect36.364, -81.811
Unnamed Iron Prospect—HematiteProspect36.364, -81.811
Unnamed Iron Prospects 4—HematiteProspect36.365, -81.812
Unnamed Iron Prospect—HematiteProspect36.364, -81.812
Scott Prospect—Hollandite, PyrolusiteOccurrence36.517, -81.950
Flint Knob/Little Mt. MinesIron, ManganeseLimonitePast Producer36.429, -81.844
Taylor Valley MineManganeseLimonitePast Producer36.597, -81.721
Shouns MineIronLimonitePast Producer36.451, -81.796
Proffit Prospect—PsilomelaneOccurrence36.383, -81.900
Unnamed Sulfide Occurrence—PyriteOccurrence36.368, -81.766
Dougherty Zinc Prospect—SphaleriteOccurrence36.327, -81.937
Wagner Zinc Prospect—SphaleriteOccurrence36.452, -81.849
Unnamed Phosphate Prospect——Prospect36.371, -81.852
Unnamed Phosphate Prospect——Prospect36.371, -81.854
Wilson Hill Mine No. 2Manganese—Past Producer36.375, -81.868
Wilson Hill Mine No. 1Manganese—Past Producer36.374, -81.872
Wills MineManganese—Past Producer36.526, -81.774
Huckleberry Ridge MineManganese—Past Producer36.558, -81.729
Belle Hawkins Mine/Wright MineManganese—Past Producer36.533, -81.748
Silver Lake MineManganese—Past Producer36.542, -81.779
Forge Mt. MineManganese—Past Producer36.475, -81.779
Phillips MineManganese—Past Producer36.399, -81.808
Kemp Shoun MineManganese—Past Producer36.454, -81.913
Doe Valley MineManganese—Past Producer36.436, -81.925
Wilson Hill MineManganese—Past Producer36.374, -81.869
Dry Run Mine/Young MineManganese—Past Producer36.349, -81.949
Goss MineManganese—Past Producer36.304, -81.974
Watauga River MineManganese—Past Producer36.316, -81.929
State Line MineManganese—Past Producer36.611, -81.798
Neely MineManganese—Past Producer36.593, -81.813
Hogback MineManganese—Past Producer36.575, -81.832
Ham Greer MineManganese—Past Producer36.553, -81.892
Unnamed Phosphate Prospect——Prospect36.368, -81.868
Clyde Bentley Farm ProspectManganese—Occurrence36.538, -81.925
Flint Knob MineIron—Past Producer36.428, -81.848

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Carter County · Sullivan County · Washington County · Unicoi County · Greene 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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