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Poplar Spring Prospects (Past Producer)Oakwood Prospects (Past Producer)Sailors Rest Prospects (Past Producer)Steele Ore Bank (Past Producer)Bryans Bank (Past Producer)Marion Prospect + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Vernon Furnace Prospects (Prospect)Vernon Furnace Mines (Past Producer)Louise Mines (Past Producer)Lone Oak Mines (Past Producer)(Facility) Clarksville Smelter (Plant)Taber Ore Bank (Prospect)Dunn Mines (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
13 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.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

12
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

2
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

1
Plant

A processing plant site.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Iron 14Zinc 1Refiner 1Sulfur 1Sulfuric Acid 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Vernon Furnace ProspectsIron—Prospect36.403, -87.432
Sailors Rest ProspectsIron—Past Producer36.377, -87.588
Marion ProspectIron—Past Producer36.334, -87.450
Vernon Furnace MinesIron—Past Producer36.427, -87.423
Taber Ore BankIron—Prospect36.351, -87.338
Dunn MinesIron—Past Producer36.355, -87.315
Lone Oak MinesIron—Past Producer36.409, -87.369
Steele Ore BankIron—Past Producer36.369, -87.560
(Facility) Clarksville SmelterZinc, Refiner—Plant36.527, -87.348
Oakwood ProspectsIron—Past Producer36.528, -87.577
Marion ProspectIron—Past Producer36.346, -87.453
Marion MineIron—Past Producer36.339, -87.446
Bryans BankIron—Past Producer36.449, -87.477
Poplar Spring ProspectsIron—Past Producer36.474, -87.595
Louise MinesIron—Past Producer36.360, -87.394

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 fossil collection records in Montgomery County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Dickson County · Cheatham County · Stewart County · Humphreys County · Robertson 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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