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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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Nipper Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Cedar Bluff Prospect (Occurrence)Claypool Prospect (Prospect)Cedar Bluff Prospect (Occurrence)Ringstaff Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Altizer Prospect (Prospect)Earl Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Taylor Ridge Prospect (Occurrence)Short Mine (Past Producer)Beaver Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Reiss Viking Grinding Plant (Unknown)Hopkins Mine + 5 more nearby (Past Producer)Fudge Mine and Prospect + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Peery, K, Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Corell Prospect (Past Producer)Perry Mine (Past Producer)Fudge Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Laura Hurt Prospect (Occurrence)Henry A. Bowen Prospect (Occurrence)Tip Top Prospect (Unknown)Mack Jones Prospect + 3 more nearby (Occurrence)Yost Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Harmon Prospect + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Harmon Prospect (Prospect)Carter Prospect (Prospect)Ireson and Mcmullen Prospects (Occurrence)Hite Crabtree Prospect (Occurrence)Charles Hale Prospect (Occurrence)Charlie Jones Prospect (Occurrence)Gose Mine (Past Producer)Nye Cove Prospect (Prospect)Nye Cove Prospect (Occurrence)Nye Cove Prospect + 3 more nearby (Prospect)Nye Cove Property (Prospect)Adz Ridge Prospect (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
35 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. 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.

Woof’s favorite find

Cedar Bluff Prospect

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 of the minerals on our cards and 1 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as occurrence for Zinc, Lead. Minerals mentioned: Galena. Approx. location 37.083, -81.750. 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?

32
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

21
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

12
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

2
Unknown

Status not recorded.

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

Barite 13Galena 1Sphalerite 1

Commodities

Barium-Barite 26Manganese 12Iron 9Zinc 3Lead 1

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Nipper ProspectBarium-BariteBariteOccurrence37.061, -81.775
Fudge Mine and ProspectBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer37.136, -81.532
Ringstaff MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer37.081, -81.715
Steele MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer37.082, -81.714
Earl MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer37.101, -81.658
Beaver MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer37.103, -81.647
Hopkins MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer37.133, -81.553
Hubble MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer37.133, -81.552
Peery, K, MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer37.135, -81.545
Hughes MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer36.937, -82.072
Altizer ProspectsBarium-BariteBariteOccurrence37.101, -81.665
Taylor MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer37.110, -81.635
Peery, M L, MineBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer37.134, -81.548
Cedar Bluff ProspectZinc, LeadGalena, SphaleriteOccurrence37.083, -81.750
Nye Cove ProspectIron—Occurrence37.190, -81.334
Laura Hurt ProspectManganese—Occurrence37.178, -81.495
Cedar Bluff ProspectZinc—Occurrence37.081, -81.737
Mack Jones ProspectManganese—Occurrence37.181, -81.442
Earl MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer37.101, -81.658
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence37.148, -81.529
Nye Cove Property——Prospect37.191, -81.302
Short MineManganese—Past Producer36.986, -81.661
Gose Mine——Past Producer37.140, -81.350
Short Prospect——Past Producer36.990, -81.549
Reiss Viking Grinding PlantIron—Unknown37.114, -81.608
Tip Top Prospect——Unknown37.198, -81.435
K Peery MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer37.134, -81.545
Charlie Jones ProspectManganese—Occurrence37.145, -81.380
Corell Prospect——Past Producer37.021, -81.551
Hopkins MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer37.133, -81.553
Harmon Prospect——Past Producer37.197, -81.423
Hopkins MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer37.132, -81.557
Steele MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer37.082, -81.714
Adz Ridge ProspectIron—Occurrence37.197, -81.280
Harmon Prospect——Prospect37.206, -81.416
Altizer Prospect——Prospect37.101, -81.665
Pocahontas Mine——Past Producer37.184, -81.440
Nye Cove ProspectIron—Prospect37.196, -81.291
Taylor Ridge ProspectZinc—Occurrence37.096, -81.664
Ringstaff MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer37.081, -81.715

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 129 fossil collection records in Tazewell County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Bland County · Smyth County · Russell County · Wythe County · Grayson 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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