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Charlotte Lumber Co. Prospect No. 3 (Occurrence)Odom and Cheatham Lands No. 1 (Prospect)Charlotte Lumber Co. Prospect No. 1 (Occurrence)Fain Bank (Occurrence)Odom and Cheatham Lands No. 2 (Occurrence)Charlotte Lumber Co. Prospect No. 2 (Occurrence)Northwest Skelton Bank Prospect (Occurrence)Skelton Bank (Prospect)Goodmans Prong Prospect No. 1 (Occurrence)Skelton Place Prospect (Prospect)Nixon Craig Prospect (Prospect)Edwards Property (Occurrence)Goodmans Prong Prospect No. 2 (Prospect)Carter's Land Prospect (Occurrence)Nixon Bank No. 5 (Occurrence)Nixon Bank No. 1 + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Rochell-Slayton Prospect (Prospect)Percy Mine (Past Producer)Allen Creek Mine (Past Producer)Barker Tract Prospect (Occurrence)Nixon Bank No. 8 + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Grinders Bank + 3 more nearby (Prospect)Nixon Bank No. 3 (Prospect)Christian Prospect No. 3 + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Allen Creek Mine (Past Producer)Christian Prospect No. 1 (Prospect)Christian-Floyd Property + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Brown Prospect (Prospect)Smith Prospect (Prospect)Nicholson's Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)North Prospect + 2 more nearby (Prospect)Smith Bank No. 1 (Past Producer)Morton Property (Occurrence)Langford and Long Bank + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Loveless and Overbey Prospect (Prospect)Wapf Bank (Prospect)Smith Prospect (Occurrence)Old Mays Place Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Baker's Prospect (Occurrence)Odom Bank (Occurrence)Smith Bank No. 3 (Occurrence)Peeler and Carroll Bank (Past Producer)Smith Prospect (Prospect)Napier Mine No. 1 (Past Producer)Napier Mine No. 2 (Past Producer)Jenkins Branch Mine (Past Producer)Lyon Prospect (Occurrence)Hartley Branch Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Hale Bank (Prospect)Low Gap Branch Prospect No. 1 (Prospect)Low Gap Branch Prospect No. 2 (Occurrence)Lyon Prospect (Prospect)Wilson Branch Cade Branch Bank (Prospect)Stockard Prospect (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
54 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.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

32
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

26
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

11
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Iron 68Sulfur 1

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Hartley Branch ProspectIron—Prospect35.538, -87.445
Nicholson's ProspectIron—Prospect35.626, -87.526
Smith Bank No. 3Iron—Occurrence35.526, -87.501
Christian Prospect No. 1Iron—Prospect35.499, -87.546
Nixon Craig ProspectIron—Prospect35.478, -87.600
Langford and Long BankIron—Past Producer35.603, -87.504
Charlotte Lumber Co. Prospect No. 3Iron—Occurrence35.484, -87.665
Lyon ProspectIron—Occurrence35.521, -87.459
Hale BankIron—Prospect35.469, -87.451
Smith ProspectIron—Prospect35.481, -87.479
Stockard ProspectIron—Occurrence35.557, -87.399
Nixon Bank No. 5Iron—Occurrence35.487, -87.583
Grinders BankIron—Prospect35.496, -87.569
Coble PropertyIron—Past Producer35.608, -87.516
Baker's ProspectIron—Occurrence35.596, -87.501
Nicholson's ProspectIron—Prospect35.626, -87.528
Northwest Skelton Bank ProspectIron—Occurrence35.602, -87.607
Peeler and Carroll BankIron—Past Producer35.610, -87.476
Nixon Bank No. 7Iron—Prospect35.494, -87.575
Fain BankIron—Occurrence35.566, -87.624
Goodmans Prong Prospect No. 2Iron—Prospect35.572, -87.594
Jenkins Branch MineIron—Past Producer35.614, -87.464
Smith Bank No. 1Iron—Past Producer35.599, -87.531
Nixon Bank No. 6Iron—Occurrence35.486, -87.568
Dubowich ProspectIron—Prospect35.420, -87.475
Skelton BankIron—Prospect35.599, -87.598
Allen Creek MineIron—Past Producer35.431, -87.584
Allen Creek MineIron—Past Producer35.433, -87.576
Smith ProspectIron—Prospect35.426, -87.543
Nixon Bank No. 1Iron—Prospect35.479, -87.585
Loveless and Overbey ProspectIron—Prospect35.536, -87.510
North ProspectIron—Prospect35.608, -87.518
Napier Mine No. 1Iron—Past Producer35.451, -87.471
Napier Mine No. 2Iron—Past Producer35.438, -87.470
Old Mays Place ProspectIron—Prospect35.503, -87.504
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence35.605, -87.530
Smith Bank No. 2Iron—Past Producer35.602, -87.525
Wapf BankIron—Prospect35.526, -87.509
Overbey ProspectIron—Occurrence35.510, -87.513
Christian-Floyd PropertyIron—Prospect35.477, -87.548

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 9 fossil collection records in Lewis County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Perry County · Hickman County · Wayne County · Lawrence County · Maury County

Tennessee mineral guides

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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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