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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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Outcrop Sample For Uranium + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Alloms Sand Pit (Past Producer)Gullet Mountain Prospect (Prospect)Pilot Knob Prospect (Prospect)Allred (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
5 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

Allred

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 of the minerals on our cards and 1 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as occurrence for Zinc. Minerals mentioned: Galena. Approx. location 36.350, -85.200. 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?

3
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

2
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

1
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

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

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Strontium 3Zinc 1Uranium 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Outcrop Sample For Uranium——Occurrence36.471, -85.418
Pilot Knob ProspectStrontium—Prospect36.431, -85.237
AllredZinc—Occurrence36.350, -85.200
Outcrop Sample For UraniumUranium—Occurrence36.471, -85.418
Gullet Mountain ProspectStrontium—Prospect36.356, -85.282
Alloms Sand PitStrontium—Past Producer36.448, -85.357

Fossil collections

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

Nearby counties

Pickett County · Clay County · Fentress County · Jackson County · Putnam 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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