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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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Mount Haven (Producer)Hawes Tract (Unknown)Mount Selman (Producer)J. P. Acker (Producer)Hassell Mountain (Unknown)Hudson Pit & Plant (Producer)Prior Mountain (Unknown)Rusk Deposits (Past Producer)Citizens State Bank (Unknown)Banks and Cherokee (Unknown)Troup Pit (Producer)Padreco-Alto Sands (Unknown)Durham & Polk (Unknown)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
13 paw pins, one per site. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Woof’s favorite find

Rusk Deposits

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Quartz) and 1 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as past producer for Iron. Minerals mentioned: Quartz. Approx. location 31.796, -95.150. 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?

7
Unknown

Status not recorded.

5
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

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

Bentonite 1Kaolinite 1Goethite 1Hematite 1

Commodities

Iron 10Bentonite 2Kaolin 1Silica 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Troup PitKaolin, BentoniteBentonite, KaoliniteProducer32.102, -95.061
Rusk DepositsIronGoethite, HematitePast Producer31.796, -95.150
Durham & PolkBentonite—Unknown31.492, -95.013
Citizens State BankIron—Unknown31.845, -95.144
Hawes TractIron—Unknown31.853, -95.310
Mount HavenIron—Producer31.967, -95.348
Hassell MountainIron—Unknown31.795, -95.263
Prior MountainIron—Unknown31.705, -95.206
J. P. AckerIron—Producer31.839, -95.262
Banks and CherokeeIron—Unknown31.817, -95.106
Padreco-Alto SandsSilica—Unknown31.560, -95.065
Hudson Pit & PlantIron—Producer31.861, -95.215
Mount SelmanIron—Producer32.081, -95.277

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 16 fossil collection records in Cherokee County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Nacogdoches County · Anderson County · Henderson County · Rusk County · Smith County

Texas mineral guides

Back to all Texas counties.

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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