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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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Maybell Canyon-1 (Occurrence)Devils Creek-1 (Occurrence)Copper Breaks-1 (Occurrence)Copper Breaks-2 (Occurrence)Hackberry Creek-1 + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Cottonwood Creek-1 (Occurrence)Hackberry Creek-3 (Occurrence)Gibbs Prospect + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Cottonwood Creek-2 (Occurrence)Cottonwood Creek-3 (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
10 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

Maybell Canyon-1

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Silver) and 2 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as occurrence for Copper. Minerals mentioned: Copper, Silver. Approx. location 34.159, -99.805. 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?

11
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

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

Malachite 11Chalcocite 3Sandstone 1

Commodities

Copper 12Silver 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Maybell Canyon-1CopperChalcocite, MalachiteOccurrence34.159, -99.805
Gibbs ProspectCopperChalcocite, MalachitePast Producer34.188, -99.647
Devils Creek-1CopperChalcocite, MalachiteOccurrence34.153, -99.749
Copper Breaks-1CopperMalachiteOccurrence34.111, -99.753
Hackberry Creek-3CopperMalachiteOccurrence34.175, -99.669
Hackberry Creek-1CopperMalachiteOccurrence34.164, -99.702
Hackberry Creek-2CopperMalachiteOccurrence34.169, -99.700
Cottonwood Creek-1CopperMalachiteOccurrence34.183, -99.661
Medicine Mounds-E-1CopperMalachiteOccurrence34.192, -99.627
Cottonwood Creek-3CopperMalachiteOccurrence34.132, -99.646
Cottonwood Creek-2CopperMalachiteOccurrence34.151, -99.639
Copper Breaks-2CopperSandstoneOccurrence34.108, -99.732

Fossil collections

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

Nearby counties

Foard County · Wilbarger County · Baylor County · Knox County · King County

Texas 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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