Rockhounding in Pendleton County, WV: 25 USGS Mineral Sites (2026)

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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Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown

17 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.

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Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

Calcite 1

Commodities

Iron 23Calcium 2

Sites

Site	Commodity	Minerals recorded	Status	Approx. location
Germany Valley Quarry	Calcium	Calcite	Past Producer	38.781, -79.405
Luther Pitsenbarger Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.565, -79.334
Ami Smith Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.485, -79.336
Whitney Propst Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.493, -79.389
Ralph Hiner Property	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.532, -79.395
John Dahmer Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.569, -79.323
Wagner Knob Henry Moyer Prospect	Iron	—	Prospect	38.564, -79.448
Dave Eye Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.579, -79.320
Bh Hiner Prospect	Iron	—	Prospect	38.529, -79.441
Henry H Simmons Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.509, -79.357
Bible Knob Prospec	Iron	—	Prospect	38.646, -79.400
Geo Rexrode Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.461, -79.421
Iron Knob Bowman Prospect	Iron	—	Prospect	38.611, -79.311
Henry M Pitsenbarger Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.496, -79.349
David L Simmons Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.487, -79.362
Granville Blizzard Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.572, -79.321
Owen Hiner Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.479, -79.403
Cora Simmons Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.490, -79.394
Henry Simmons Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.499, -79.362
A J Pitsenbarger Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.564, -79.330
George Bible Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.546, -79.469
Germany Valley Limestone	Calcium	—	Producer	38.781, -79.405
Albert Mitchell Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.537, -79.337
William Boggs Prospect	Iron	—	Prospect	38.664, -79.294
Pinkney Crummett Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.485, -79.401

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 13 fossil collection records in Pendleton County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Pocahontas County · Grant County · Hardy County · Barbour County · Upshur 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.

Updated October 2026

Rockhounding in Pendleton County, West Virginia