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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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Clayton Mine (Past Producer)Clayton Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Unnamed Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Peak Knob Mine (Past Producer)Clark Ore Bank Mine (Past Producer)Delton Mine (Past Producer)Delton Zinc and Iron Mines (Past Producer)Forney Prospect (Prospect)Peak Knob Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Forney Prospect + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Graham and Robinson Mine (Past Producer)Hoover Color Crp #1 Pit & Mill + 1 more nearby (Producer)Hoover Iron Pigment Mine #45 + 4 more nearby (Producer)Radford Furnace Iron Mine (Past Producer)C S Covey Tract Occurrence (Prospect)Calvin Eugene Moore Occurrence (Prospect)Stigleman Prospect (Prospect)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
17 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

Forney Prospect

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Quartz) and 3 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as past producer for Zinc. Minerals mentioned: Quartz, Pyrite, Galena. Approx. location 36.948, -80.733. 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?

19
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

6
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

4
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

1
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

Limonite 7Galena 4Sphalerite 4Goethite 3Hematite 3Lepidocrocite 3Psilomelane 3Hemimorphite 1Smithsonite 1

Commodities

Iron 18Zinc 10Lead 4Manganese 4Quartz 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Delton Zinc and Iron MinesZinc, IronGalena, Hemimorphite, Smithsonite, SphaleritePast Producer36.951, -80.743
Flannigan MineZinc, LeadGalena, SphaleritePast Producer36.934, -79.724
Forney ProspectZincGalena, SphaleritePast Producer36.948, -80.733
Graham and Robinson MineZinc, LeadGalena, SphaleritePast Producer36.938, -80.729
Hoover Iron Pigment Mine #45IronGoethite, Hematite, Lepidocrocite, Limonite, PsilomelaneProducer36.944, -80.723
Hoover Iron Pigment Mine Number 52IronGoethite, Hematite, Lepidocrocite, Limonite, PsilomelaneProducer36.942, -80.721
Hoover Iron Pigment Mine Number 55IronGoethite, Hematite, Lepidocrocite, Limonite, PsilomelaneProducer36.941, -80.721
Clayton MineIronLimonitePast Producer37.019, -80.768
Hematite & Walton MinesIronLimonitePast Producer36.902, -80.875
Carter Bank & Cedar Run MinesIronLimonitePast Producer36.915, -80.831
Radford Furnace & Clark's BankIronLimonitePast Producer36.951, -80.725
Peak Knob MineIron—Past Producer37.033, -80.738
Unnamed ProspectIron—Prospect36.920, -80.773
Delton MineZinc—Past Producer36.953, -80.745
Hoover Color Crp #1 Pit & MillIron—Producer36.973, -80.711
Walker-Farney Estate MineZinc—Past Producer36.946, -80.734
Stigleman Prospect——Prospect36.995, -80.555
Radford Furnace Iron MineIron—Past Producer36.967, -80.672
Unnamed ProspectIron—Prospect36.919, -80.772
Calvin Eugene Moore OccurrenceManganese—Prospect37.230, -80.623
Peak Knob MineIron—Past Producer37.036, -80.744
Pulaski MineIron—Past Producer37.029, -80.773
Forney ProspectZinc—Prospect36.938, -80.748
Clayton MineIron—Past Producer37.032, -80.761
Peak Knob MineIron—Past Producer37.030, -80.733
C S Covey Tract OccurrenceZinc—Prospect37.026, -80.641
Clark Ore Bank MineZinc—Past Producer36.965, -80.745
Mcneil Southern Property DepositQuartz—Occurrence36.970, -80.719
Pulaski MineIron—Past Producer37.029, -80.772
Flannigan MineZinc—Past Producer36.950, -80.724

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 8 fossil collection records in Pulaski County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Carroll County · Wythe County · Floyd County · Patrick County · Montgomery County

Virginia 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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