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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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T. Lee Prospect + 3 more nearby (Occurrence)Stockton Prospect (Occurrence)Dawson Prospect + 3 more nearby (Occurrence)Wilson Prospect (Occurrence)Mantooth Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Culveyhouse Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)B. C. Wood Barite Mine + 6 more nearby (Producer)Johnson Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Carter Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Crush Mine (Past Producer)Thompson Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Rose Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Barr Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Wilson Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Baer Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Matlock Barite Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)C.C. Patrick Prospect + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Cates Prospect (Prospect)Pfiffer Mine (Past Producer)Sheffield Steel/ Lenior City, Tn. (Plant)Galbraith Mine (Past Producer)Galbraith Mine Henley (Past Producer)Heaton Barite Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Hammontree Property (Prospect)Andies Quarry (Past Producer)Alexander Quarry + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Locust Bluff Quarry (Prospect)Unitia Barite and Lead Prospect + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
28 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.

Woof’s favorite find

C.C. Patrick Prospect

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Fluorite) and 3 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as past producer for Barium-Barite. Minerals mentioned: Pyrite, Galena, Fluorite. Approx. location 35.774, -84.365. 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?

40
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

14
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

5
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

3
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

1
Plant

A processing plant site.

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 24Fluorite 2Galena 2Sphalerite 2Limonite 1Pyrite 1

Commodities

Barium-Barite 50Marble 4Dimension 4Lead 2Iron 2Manganese 1Fluorine-Fluorite 1Zinc 1

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
B. C. Wood Barite MineBarium-BariteBariteProducer35.679, -84.515
Barr MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer35.674, -84.486
Matlock MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer35.774, -84.408
Carter ProspectBarium-BariteBariteOccurrence35.638, -84.514
C.C. Patrick ProspectsBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer35.774, -84.365
Pfiffer MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer35.739, -84.306
Culveyhouse MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer35.690, -84.520
Wilson MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer35.658, -84.494
E. Mantooth ProspectBarium-BariteBariteOccurrence35.637, -84.565
Wilson ProspectBarium-BariteBariteOccurrence35.643, -84.560
Gilman MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer35.697, -84.517
Dawson ProspectBarium-BariteBariteOccurrence35.657, -84.548
Johnson MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer35.663, -84.521
Mantooth MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer35.670, -84.530
T. Lee ProspectBarium-BariteBariteOccurrence35.637, -84.565
Baer MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer35.684, -84.471
Rose MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer35.711, -84.485
Matlock Barite MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer35.774, -84.408
Stockton ProspectBarium-BariteBariteOccurrence35.661, -84.553
Brown MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer35.679, -84.515
Minton MineBarium-BariteBarite, FluoritePast Producer35.708, -84.508
C.C. Patrick ProspectBarium-BariteBarite, Fluorite, Galena, Pyrite, SphaleritePast Producer35.774, -84.365
Unitia Barite and Lead Prospect—Barite, Galena, SphaleriteOccurrence35.740, -84.172
Heaton Barite Prospect—Barite, LimoniteOccurrence35.690, -84.220
Thompson MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer35.709, -84.507
B.C. Wood Barite MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer35.679, -84.515
Galbraith Mine HenleyManganese—Past Producer35.664, -84.225
Unita Barite and Lead ProspectLead—Past Producer35.740, -84.172
Cates ProspectIron—Prospect35.707, -84.356
Johnson MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer35.663, -84.521
Unitia ProspectLead—Prospect35.741, -84.172
Cedar Fork MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer35.682, -84.517
Barr MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer35.674, -84.486
Wilson MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer35.658, -84.494
Minton MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer35.708, -84.508
Alexander QuarryMarble, Dimension—Past Producer35.710, -84.179
Stockton ProspectBarium-Barite—Prospect35.660, -84.548
Hammontree Property——Prospect35.658, -84.221
Locust Bluff QuarryMarble, Dimension—Prospect35.692, -84.188
B.C. Wood Barite MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer35.679, -84.515

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Roane County · Meigs County · McMinn County · Blount 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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