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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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Hollis Prospect (Occurrence)Arnett Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Hassel Prospect (Past Producer)Holt Prospect (Prospect)Cypress Inn Prospect (Prospect)Long Property (Prospect)Irontop Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)North Louse Hollow Spurs (Prospect)Perigo Mine + 6 more nearby (Past Producer)Churchwell Prospect (Prospect)Foster Hollow Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Murphy Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Double Branch Prospect (Prospect)Stults Prospect (Prospect)Robinett Property (Prospect)Lee Hollow Mines (Past Producer)Buchanan Prospect (Prospect)Tennessee Charcoal Iron Co. Mine (Past Producer)Littrell-White Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Napier Iron Works Prospect (Prospect)Wayne County Land Co. Prospect (Prospect)Gambrel Prospect + 2 more nearby (Prospect)Elting Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)J.B. Powell Prospect No. 1 + 2 more nearby (Prospect)Unnamed Prospect + 2 more nearby (Prospect)Bromly Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Sheffield Iron Corp. Prospect (Prospect)Van Leer Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
28 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 3 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

Pruitt Mine

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Fluorite) and 1 of our card minerals overall. That ties with 1 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 Fluorine-Fluorite. Minerals mentioned: Fluorite. Approx. location 35.032, -87.607. 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?

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Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

24
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

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Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

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

Iron 45Manganese 4Fluorine-Fluorite 2

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Foster Hollow ProspectIron—Prospect35.338, -87.673
Tennessee Charcoal Iron Co. MineIron—Past Producer35.102, -87.634
Churchwell ProspectIron—Prospect35.369, -87.652
Arnett ProspectManganese—Prospect35.277, -87.863
Unnamed ProspectIron—Prospect35.048, -87.628
Napier Iron Works ProspectIron—Prospect35.064, -87.633
Perigo MineIron—Past Producer35.342, -87.687
Bromly MineIron—Past Producer35.036, -87.610
Helton ProspectManganese—Prospect35.278, -87.846
Van Leer MineFluorine-Fluorite—Past Producer35.033, -87.606
Mcdonald-Robinson ProspectIron—Occurrence35.197, -87.568
Broach MineIron—Past Producer35.337, -87.685
Pruitt MineFluorine-Fluorite—Past Producer35.032, -87.607
Murphy MineIron—Past Producer35.319, -87.659
Hassel ProspectManganese—Past Producer35.338, -87.819
Double Branch ProspectIron—Prospect35.217, -87.658
Holt ProspectIron—Prospect35.048, -87.809
West MineIron—Past Producer35.327, -87.664
Sheffield Iron Corp. ProspectIron—Prospect35.226, -87.601
Cypress Inn ProspectIron—Prospect35.037, -87.817
Wape-Reynolds ProspectManganese—Prospect35.058, -87.612
Hollis Prospect——Occurrence35.280, -87.884
Elting MineIron—Past Producer35.109, -87.624
West Furnace Ridge MineIron—Past Producer35.336, -87.679
Lee Hollow MinesIron—Past Producer35.334, -87.644
Keaton Springs MineIron—Past Producer35.335, -87.689
Gambrel ProspectIron—Prospect35.129, -87.623
Gresham MineIron—Past Producer35.130, -87.623
J.B. Powell Prospect No. 1Iron—Prospect35.075, -87.617
North Louse Hollow SpursIron—Prospect35.349, -87.680
Sanders MineIron—Past Producer35.372, -87.484
Lull-White ProspectIron—Prospect35.041, -87.624
Stults ProspectIron—Prospect35.028, -87.657
Littrell-White ProspectIron—Occurrence35.073, -87.641
Hardwick MineIron—Past Producer35.073, -87.613
Crews MineIron—Past Producer35.319, -87.663
Sapling MineIron—Past Producer35.324, -87.661
Hollis ProspectIron—Occurrence35.042, -87.624
J.B. Powell MineIron—Past Producer35.106, -87.625
Robinett PropertyIron—Prospect35.360, -87.646

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 34 fossil collection records in Wayne County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Lawrence County · Lewis County · Perry County · Hardin County · Decatur 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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