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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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Ewing Mine (Past Producer)Boones Path Mines (Past Producer)Grabill Mine (Past Producer)Noes Siding Mine (Past Producer)Lavine Mine (Past Producer)Pennington Mine (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
6 paw pins, one per site. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 2 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

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Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

Hematite 8

Commodities

Iron 8

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Ewing MineIronHematitePast Producer36.618, -83.419
Boones Path MinesIronHematitePast Producer36.693, -83.301
Grabill MineIronHematitePast Producer36.701, -83.269
Noes Siding MineIronHematitePast Producer36.727, -83.175
Lavine MineIronHematitePast Producer36.733, -83.067
Pennington MineIronHematitePast Producer36.750, -83.033
Keysone MineIronHematitePast Producer36.845, -82.758
Irondale MinesIronHematitePast Producer36.861, -82.768

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 7 fossil collection records in Lee County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Wise County · Scott County · Washington County · Russell County · Tazewell County

Virginia 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 USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date.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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