Mines in Cherokee County, Georgia

119Total

6Active

Cherokee County, Georgia has 119 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System and MSHA. 6 are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is gold, with 44 sites.

By Status

Past Producer · 64Prospect · 35Occurrence · 13Active · 4Producer · 2Unknown · 1

Top Commodities

Gold · 44Mica · 21Iron · 13Sand and Gravel, Construction · 4Marble, Dimension · 3Barium-Barite · 3Zinc · 1Talc-Soapstone · 1

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Active Mines in Cherokee County

Mine	Operator	Commodity	Type	Status
Ballground Mine Site	Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Active
Cherokee Quarry	Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active
Little River	Blankinship Sand Co LLC	Sand, Common	Surface	Active
Blankinship Sand Company Llc	Blankinship Sand Company LLC	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Blankenship Sand Dredge	—	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Producer
Lawson & Quarles Sand	—	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Producer

All Mines in Cherokee County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Ballground Mine Site	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Blankinship Sand Company Llc	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Cherokee Quarry	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Little River	Sand, Common	Surface	Active	MSHA
Blankenship Sand Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Producer	MRDS
Lawson & Quarles Sand	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Producer	MRDS
Amphlett Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Andrew Satterfield Prospect	Iron		Prospect	MRDS
Bailey Property	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Bell-Star	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Bell-Star Mine		Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Bennett Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Blankenship Sand Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Past Producer	MRDS
Brady Mine	Talc-Soapstone	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Burty No. 2	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Burty No.1	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Casteel Mine	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Chattahoochee Iron Property	Iron	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Cherokee Iron Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Cherokee Iron Mine		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Cherokee Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Cherokee Mine		Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Chester (Turner) Prospect	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Clarkson Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Cochran Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Coggins	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Coggins Mine		Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Cook Mine	Mica	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Cox	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Cox Prospect		Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Creighton Mine	Gold	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Culp Mine	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Davis Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Davis Mine (owl Hollow)	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Dean Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Delay Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Dickens Prospect	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Eiseman	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Evalee Richards Prospect	Zinc		Prospect	MRDS
Evans	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
F M Williams Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
F. Burt's	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Farrar Mine	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Frank Burt Prospect		Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Franklin-Creighton Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
G.i.teasley Property	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
G.p. McFarland Property	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Georgiana Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Georgiana Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Grady Holbert Property	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Grady Holbert Property	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Granville	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Hause Mines	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Haynes No. 2	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Hematite/oredell Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Iron Hill Mine	Barium-Barite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
J B Wheeler Prospect	Mica	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
J D Hillhouse Mines	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
J F Hillhouse Prospects	Mica	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
J T Haley Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
J V Ledford Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
J. C. Casteel Prospect			Prospect	MRDS
James Higgins Property	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
James M.quarles Property	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Kelogg Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Kitchens Property	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Kuykendall Prospect	Mica	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
L.l. Spence Property	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
L.l.spence Property	Iron		Unknown	MRDS
La Belle Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Labelle Mine	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Latham (Chester)	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Latham Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Lot 208 Shaft		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Lot 296	Marble, Dimension		Occurrence	MRDS
M M Cole Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
M.d. Smith	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Marble Deposit Unnamed	Marble, Dimension		Occurrence	MRDS
McGill	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Morgan	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Mrs Stearne's Property	Marble, Dimension		Occurrence	MRDS
Old Bell Cut	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Putnam Mine		Placer	Past Producer	MRDS
R M Reece Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Revis Deposit	Mica		Occurrence	MRDS
Rich Mine	Sulfur-Pyrite	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Rich Mine (canton Mine)	Copper, Iron-Pyrite		Occurrence	MRDS
Richards	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Richards Mine		Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Robertson	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Rudicil Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Rudicil Mine		Placer	Past Producer	MRDS
S S Densmore Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
S. R. Smith Mine		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sand & Gravel Division	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sandow Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Sandow Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Sixes Mine		Placer	Past Producer	MRDS
Sixes Mine	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Smith Prospect	Iron-Pyrite		Occurrence	MRDS
South Amphlett Prospect	Mica	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Stansill	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
T. N. Westbrook Mine		Placer	Past Producer	MRDS
T.n.westbrook's	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Thompson-Weinman and Satterfield	Barium-Barite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Three-O-One Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Tripp	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Tripp Mine		Placer	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Gold Deposit	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Gold Deposit	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed, Chattahoochee Fe Property	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
W. Poor's	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
W.m. Going	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Wacaster Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Waltz & Bates Mines	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
White Property	Barium-Barite		Occurrence	MRDS
Williams	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Worley Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Worley Mine		Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS

Mines in Cherokee County, Georgia

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