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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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Fall Branch Cemetery Barite Prospect + 1 more nearby (Producer)West Ore Bank Mine (Past Producer)Little Polly Hollow Zinc Mine + 9 more nearby (Past Producer)Jackson Mine + 4 more nearby (Past Producer)Tn Nuclear Specialties/Jonesboro Tn (Plant)Fowler Mine (Past Producer)Sugar Hollow and No. 10 Iron Mine + 5 more nearby (Past Producer)Horse Cove Manganese Prospect (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
8 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 4 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

Jackson Mine

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 of the minerals on our cards and 1 of our card minerals overall. That ties with 4 other site(s), so we broke the tie by mine status (past producers first), then USGS record quality, then name. USGS lists it as past producer for Iron. Minerals mentioned: Galena. Approx. location 36.159, -82.480. 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?

28
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

1
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

1
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

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

Limonite 7Hemimorphite 6Sphalerite 4Pyrite 4Barite 2Smithsonite 2Galena 1Pyrolusite 1

Commodities

Iron 11Zinc 7Barium-Barite 3Manganese 3Thorium 1Lead 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Lovelace Barite MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer36.405, -82.653
Fall Branch Cemetery Barite ProspectBarium-BariteBariteProducer36.418, -82.621
Jackson MineIronGalena, Hemimorphite, Limonite, Smithsonite, SphaleritePast Producer36.159, -82.480
Little Polly Hollow Zinc MineZincHemimorphitePast Producer36.155, -82.496
Sugar Hollow and No. 10 Iron MineIronHemimorphite, Limonite, Pyrite, SphaleritePast Producer36.161, -82.475
Tucker Iron MineIronHemimorphite, Limonite, Pyrite, SphaleritePast Producer36.159, -82.478
Klondyke Iron MineIronHemimorphite, Limonite, Pyrite, SphaleritePast Producer36.154, -82.479
Rock Quarry Hollow Zinc MineZincHemimorphite, SmithsonitePast Producer36.154, -82.495
Polly Hollow Iron MineIronLimonitePast Producer36.160, -82.496
Upper Peedee Iron MineIronLimonitePast Producer36.162, -82.486
Lower Peedee Iron MineIronLimonite, PyritePast Producer36.165, -82.478
Rock Quarry Hollow Manganese MineManganesePyrolusitePast Producer36.154, -82.498
Casey Hollow Manganese MineManganese—Past Producer36.155, -82.501
Jackson——Past Producer36.157, -82.482
Casey Hollow Deposit——Past Producer36.159, -82.501
Little Polly Hollow——Past Producer36.156, -82.496
Lower Peedee Iron MineIron—Past Producer36.164, -82.478
Rock Quarry Hollow——Past Producer36.154, -82.495
No. 14 MineZinc—Past Producer36.158, -82.476
Polly Hollow Iron MineIron—Past Producer36.160, -82.496
Fall Branch Cemetery Barite Ppt.Barium-Barite—Occurrence36.418, -82.621
Upper Peedee Iron MineIron—Past Producer36.162, -82.486
East Baptist Hollow Deposit——Past Producer36.159, -82.505
Klondyke Iron MineIron—Past Producer36.154, -82.479
Tn Nuclear Specialties/Jonesboro TnThorium—Plant36.293, -82.475
West Ore Bank Mine——Past Producer36.153, -82.513
Rock Quarry Hollow——Past Producer36.163, -82.495
Fowler MineZinc—Past Producer36.166, -82.472
Horse Cove Manganese Prospect——Past Producer36.273, -82.413
Sugar Hollow——Past Producer36.161, -82.476
Tucker——Past Producer36.159, -82.478

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 fossil collection records in Washington County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Unicoi County · Greene County · Sullivan County · Carter County · Cocke County

Tennessee mineral guides

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Related articles

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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