Tennessee · Sullivan · Ready
Cooper's Gem Mine — Managed Ore Sluice
Cooper's Gem Mine — Managed Ore Sluice is a Ready rockhounding record in Sullivan, Tennessee. The recorded activity or material is managed authentic mine ore with gemstones, minerals and fossils. The recorded manager or operating context is Cooper's Gem Mine. Ready means the current evidence supports the modeled activity, but visitors should still recheck current posted rules, closures, hours, fees, claims, collecting limits and site-specific notices before travel.
What is Cooper's Gem Mine — Managed Ore Sluice?
Cooper's Gem Mine — Managed Ore Sluice is a Ready rockhounding record in Sullivan, Tennessee. The recorded activity or material is managed authentic mine ore with gemstones, minerals and fossils. The recorded manager or operating context is Cooper's Gem Mine.
What rocks, minerals, fossils or collecting interests are associated with it?
The record lists managed authentic mine ore with gemstones, minerals and fossils. This description is tied to this atlas entry and should be read together with the access status below.
Can I collect at Cooper's Gem Mine — Managed Ore Sluice?
Ready. Current operator sources state the prospecting season is April 1-October 31, Saturday hours are noon-5 PM, miners sluice purchased authentic mine ore, and when they find material they keep it. This is managed mining material assembled from Appalachian sources, not native in-place Tennessee collecting.
Ready means the current evidence supports the modeled activity, but visitors should still recheck current posted rules, closures, hours, fees, claims, collecting limits and site-specific notices before travel.
Where is this record located?
Navigation uses the recorded public destination or address for Cooper's Gem Mine — Managed Ore Sluice. The destination is a travel reference, not a specimen-level promise or a substitute for current access rules.
Recorded destination: 1136 Big Hollow Road, Blountville, TN 37617
Who manages the place or provides the evidence context?
The recorded manager or context is Cooper's Gem Mine.
What evidence supports this status?
The record was last reviewed on 2026-08-29. Evidence and management context: Cooper's Gem Mine. Current named Tennessee managed collecting attraction passes manager/access/retention gates and is explicitly separated from native field collecting. Program or rule context: COOPERS_MANAGED_SLUICE_KEEP_FINDS.
Program or rule context: COOPERS_MANAGED_SLUICE_KEEP_FINDS
How precise is the map marker?
Navigation uses the recorded public destination or address for Cooper's Gem Mine — Managed Ore Sluice. The destination is a travel reference, not a specimen-level promise or a substitute for current access rules.
What should I verify before going?
- Current land ownership and the exact parcel or managed activity footprint.
- Posted closures, seasonal restrictions, opening hours, fees and permit requirements.
- Mining claims, mineral rights, private-property boundaries and road or trail access.
- Whether the material and collecting method you intend to use are actually allowed.
- Current safety conditions, including weather, fire, water, tides, unstable workings, traffic and other site-specific hazards.
When was this information last checked?
The recorded review date is August 29, 2026. Treat that date as the evidence snapshot used for this classification. Conditions can change after review, so field decisions should use the newest posted rules and manager information.
Is a map pin the same as collecting permission?
No. A map pin answers a navigation or geographic-context question. The status and evidence answer the permission question. Exact coordinates, public destination addresses and approximate county or regional context are deliberately kept separate so geographic precision is not confused with legal authority.