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John C Fisher Farm Prospect (Prospect)Mcmicken Prospect (Prospect)Bear Wallow Ridge Prospect (Occurrence)Trout Pond Mine (Past Producer)Bens Hill Prospect (Occurrence)5 Mile Bank (Past Producer)High Top Prospect (Occurrence)Gochenour Tract Prospect (Occurrence)Bulinger Knob Prospect (Occurrence)Seger Prospects + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Capon Iron Works + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Half Moon Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Koontz Tract Prospect (Occurrence)Anderson Ridge Mine (Past Producer)Warm Springs Mine & 8 Additional Mines + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)J.W. Frye Mine (Past Producer)James E Kootz Prospect (Prospect)Anderson Ridge Mine (Past Producer)Pee Dee Mine (Past Producer)Ward Orndorff Tract Prospect (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
20 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.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

12
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

12
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

4
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

Hematite 4Limonite 1

Commodities

Iron 26Manganese 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Seger ProspectsIronHematitePast Producer38.976, -78.689
5 Mile BankIronHematitePast Producer38.951, -78.708
Warm Springs Mine & 8 Additional MinesIronHematitePast Producer39.025, -78.625
J.W. Frye MineIronHematitePast Producer39.104, -78.591
Anderson Ridge MineIronLimonitePast Producer39.051, -78.613
Ward Orndorff Tract ProspectIron—Occurrence39.090, -78.572
Half Moon MineIron—Past Producer39.010, -78.651
Sterrett MineIron—Past Producer39.013, -78.647
Bulinger Knob ProspectIron—Occurrence38.989, -78.696
Seger MineIron—Past Producer38.984, -78.684
Manganese ProspectManganese—Occurrence39.031, -78.611
James E Kootz Prospect——Prospect39.073, -78.598
Warm Spring ProspectIron—Occurrence39.029, -78.615
Capon Iron WorksIron—Occurrence39.032, -78.634
Henry Bowers ShaftIron—Prospect39.032, -78.623
Bear Wallow Ridge ProspectIron—Occurrence38.905, -78.784
Anderson Ridge MineIron—Past Producer39.044, -78.601
Gochenour Tract ProspectIron—Occurrence39.028, -78.683
Koontz Tract ProspectIron—Occurrence39.076, -78.619
John C Fisher Farm ProspectIron—Prospect38.963, -79.021
Bens Hill ProspectIron—Occurrence38.978, -78.716
Spring Knob MineIron—Past Producer39.013, -78.642
Tee ProspectIron—Occurrence39.023, -78.644
Pee Dee MineIron—Past Producer39.024, -78.589
Rock Bank MineIron—Occurrence39.014, -78.633
High Top ProspectIron—Occurrence39.041, -78.685
Mcmicken ProspectIron—Prospect38.958, -78.900
Trout Pond MineIron—Past Producer38.956, -78.727

Fossil collections

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

Nearby counties

Hampshire County · Grant County · Mineral County · Jefferson County · Pendleton 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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