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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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Chestnut Ridge Prospect (Past Producer)Leckie-Moss Mine (Past Producer)Leckie-Moss Mine (Past Producer)East River Mountain Prospect (Prospect)Donahue Prospect (Past Producer)Big Ridge Prospect (Prospect)Shott Prospect (Prospect)Suitor Prospect + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Guy Prospect (Occurrence)Round Mountain Mine (Past Producer)Lambert Prospect (Prospect)Bishop Place (Prospect)Fire Tower Prospect (Prospect)Angel Prospect (Past Producer)Aker Prospect (Prospect)Gum Mast Prospect (Occurrence)Bastian Prospect (Occurrence)Walker Prospect (Prospect)Honaker Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Round Bottom Prospect + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Round Bottom Mine (Past Producer)Bristol Adams Prospect (Past Producer)High Rock Prospect (Occurrence)J B Smith Prospect (Prospect)Pond Mountain Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)M L Harrison Tract Occurrence (Occurrence)Milliorns Prospect (Prospect)Tickel Prospect (Occurrence)Kimberling & No Business Crks Prosp (Occurrence)Kimberling and Nobusiness Creeks Prospects (Occurrence)Crockett Mine (Past Producer)Crockett Mine (Past Producer)Arms Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
33 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 6 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

Arms Mine

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Quartz) and 1 of our card minerals overall. That ties with 2 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. Minerals mentioned: Quartz. Approx. location 37.205, -80.932. 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?

24
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

14
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

8
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

Psilomelane 1Galena 1Sphalerite 1

Commodities

Manganese 19Zinc 2Lead 1

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Kimberling and Nobusiness Creeks ProspectsZinc, LeadGalena, SphaleriteOccurrence37.183, -80.966
Stange, Arms, Dismal CreekManganesePsilomelanePast Producer37.200, -80.916
Suitor ProspectManganese—Past Producer37.125, -81.250
Crockett MineManganese—Past Producer37.104, -80.957
Round Bottom ProspectManganese—Past Producer37.258, -81.083
Dill/Pocahontas MinesManganese—Past Producer37.186, -81.427
Peery MineManganese—Past Producer37.153, -81.512
Gose MineManganese—Past Producer37.128, -81.351
Leckie-Moss MineManganese—Past Producer37.047, -81.381
Arms Mine——Past Producer37.205, -80.932
Round Bottom Mine——Past Producer37.257, -81.068
Crockett Mine——Past Producer37.101, -80.958
Honaker Prospect——Prospect37.247, -81.109
J B Smith ProspectManganese—Prospect37.255, -81.047
Angel Prospect——Past Producer37.253, -81.171
Pond Mountain Prospect——Prospect37.277, -81.021
Leckie-Moss Mine——Past Producer37.044, -81.387
East River Mountain ProspectManganese—Prospect37.214, -81.278
Guy ProspectManganese—Occurrence37.217, -81.221
Kimberling & No Business Crks ProspZinc—Occurrence37.194, -80.960
R.R. Nelson Prospect——Prospect37.253, -81.087
Donahue Prospect——Past Producer37.158, -81.288
Fire Tower Prospect——Prospect37.146, -81.204
Stange Mine——Past Producer37.202, -80.936
Dismal Creek Mine——Past Producer37.186, -80.897
Honaker ProspectManganese—Prospect37.245, -81.122
Shott Prospect——Prospect37.134, -81.270
Lambert ProspectManganese—Prospect37.237, -81.206
Buckhorn Prospect——Past Producer37.276, -81.000
Aker Prospect——Prospect37.257, -81.158
Big Ridge ProspectManganese—Prospect37.212, -81.266
M L Harrison Tract OccurrenceManganese—Occurrence37.273, -81.013
Williams Prospect——Past Producer37.286, -81.028
High Rock ProspectManganese—Occurrence37.271, -81.052
Bishop Place——Prospect37.214, -81.211
Round Mountain Mine——Past Producer37.132, -81.234
Bastian Prospect——Occurrence37.159, -81.164
Walker ProspectManganese—Prospect37.213, -81.141
Milliorns Prospect——Prospect37.071, -81.005
Tickel ProspectManganese—Occurrence37.088, -80.988

Fossil collections

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

Nearby counties

Tazewell County · Wythe County · Giles County · Pulaski County · Smyth County

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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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