Rockhounding in Pocahontas County, WV: 31 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

19 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.

Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

Unknown

Status not recorded.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

Hematite 1Limonite 1

Commodities

Iron 29

Sites

Site	Commodity	Minerals recorded	Status	Approx. location
Mclaughlin/Shinnabery/Teter/White Tracts	Iron	Hematite	Past Producer	38.188, -79.982
Perry Mine/Dan Prospect	Iron	Limonite	Past Producer	38.061, -80.097
Blosser Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.079, -80.071
Beverage Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.288, -79.897
Ervine Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.214, -79.916
Teter Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Past Producer	38.189, -80.055
Docks Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.102, -80.049
Crigger Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.122, -80.061
Kellison Property / Seaboard Iron	—	—	Prospect	38.134, -80.105
Reed Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.193, -79.986
Dever Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.204, -79.929
Burr Valley Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.091, -80.097
Poague Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.315, -80.008
Grimes Tract	Iron	—	Unknown	38.188, -80.055
Dilly Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.278, -80.028
Shinnaberry Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.213, -79.995
Willard Cleek Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.224, -79.903
Mclaughlin Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.201, -79.994
Fairview Church Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.284, -80.023
Deputy Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.221, -79.871
Buckeye Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.182, -80.118
Perry Mine	Iron	—	Prospect	38.062, -80.089
Hal Moore Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.199, -79.935
Paul Burr Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.088, -80.147
Monument Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.085, -80.068
White Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.193, -79.991
Beard Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.183, -79.994
Sampson Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.209, -79.921
Dan Mine	Iron	—	Past Producer	38.068, -80.083
Bambrick Property / Seaboard Iron	—	—	Prospect	38.271, -79.923
Ruckman Tract Prospect	Iron	—	Occurrence	38.216, -79.913

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 5 fossil collection records in Pocahontas County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Greenbrier County · Webster County · Pendleton County · Raleigh County · Monroe 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 Pocahontas County, West Virginia