SerpentineNC
Alamance County
Alamance County is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Serpentine. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
View detailsOther rockhounding sites in North Carolina
Mixed or specialty collecting — zeolites, fluorescent minerals, thundereggs, and unique regional finds.
86 other destinations in North Carolina.
Rockhounding sites in North Carolina — other: 86 spots in our directory. Sort live from your phone with near me, or browse all U.S. other rockhounding sites and the North Carolina state page.
Other collecting in North Carolina
Mixed or specialty collecting — zeolites, fluorescent minerals, thundereggs, and unique regional finds.
We currently document 86 other collecting sites in North Carolina. Each listing includes original descriptions, visitor notes, and last-updated dates when available.
What to know before you collect
Other destinations in North Carolina vary widely in access, season, and legality. Some are official recreation areas; others are informal gravel bars. Read the access and safety sections on each listing — never assume collecting is allowed without checking current signage.
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AzuriteNC
B.c. Munday Prospect
B.C. Munday Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Macon, North Carolina, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Galena, Gold, Malachite.
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Balsam Gap Mine
Balsam Gap Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Magnesite, Albite, Allanite, Green Beryl, Columbite, Corundum, Garnet, Biotite, Muscovite, Sapphire. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Bat Cave
Bat Cave is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Epidote. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Beaverdam Bald Prospect
Beaverdam Bald Prospect is a mineral prospect in Cherokee, North Carolina, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Gold, Malachite.
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Beaverdam Creek
Beaverdam Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Cassiterite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Bethesda
Bethesda is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Silicified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Blackjack Ridge Mine
Blackjack Ridge Mine is a historic mining site in Yancey, North Carolina, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Feldspar, Mica.
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Brown Mountain
Brown Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Albite, Fluorite, Gold, Platinum. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Brown Mountain Mine
Brown Mountain Mine is a historic mining site in Burke, North Carolina, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Cassiterite, Gold, Silver.
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Bryson City
Bryson City is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Allanite, Garnet, Magnetite, Moonstone, Quartz crystals, Pyrite, Feldspar, Mica, Kyanite, Staurolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Buck Creek Deposit
Buck Creek Deposit is a historic mining site in Clay, North Carolina, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Chromite, Corundum, Platinum.
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Bullock
Bullock is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Epidote, Labradorite, Titanite, Hornblende, Quartz crystals, Clinozoisite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Burnsville
Burnsville is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Albite, Amazonite, Apatite, Aquamarine, Autunite, Beryl, Emerald, Fluorite, Garnet, Kyanite, Muscovite, Feldspar, Rutile crystals, Quartz crystals, Sunstone, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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C Mine
C Mine is a historic mining site in Jackson, North Carolina, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Mica.
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Cane Creek
Cane Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Calcite, Gold, Hematite, Limonite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Caney Fork Bald Prospect
Caney Fork Bald Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Jackson, North Carolina, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Iron, Malachite.
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Carroll Creek Gold Placer Prospect
Carroll Creek Gold Placer Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Burke, North Carolina, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Cassiterite, Galena, Gold.
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Cedar Cliff Mine
Cedar Cliff Mine is a historic mining site in Yancey, North Carolina, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Feldspar, Mica.
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Chestnut Knob
Chestnut Knob is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include White Star Corundum. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Clay County
Clay County is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Unakite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Clear Creek Ridge Mine
Clear Creek Ridge Mine is a historic mining site in Yancey, North Carolina, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Feldspar, Mica.
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Clubb Mountain
Clubb Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Corundum, Lazulite, Gem Kyanite, Damourite, Gold, Garnet, Hematite, Magnetite, Rutile crystals, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Collettsville
Collettsville is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Epidote, Pyrite cubes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Corundum Hill
Corundum Hill is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Corundum, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Chromite, Olivine crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Cowee Valley Ruby Sapphire
Macon County streams and mines in Cowee Valley produce corundum rubies and sapphires in gravels of the Franklin gem capital.
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Crabtree Emerald Mine
Crabtree Emerald Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Apatite, Emerald. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Crowder's Mountain
Crowder's Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Barite, Chalcopyrite, Corundum, Gold Bearing Galena, Gold, Garnet, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Blue Gem Kyanite, Rutile crystals, Topaz, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Davis Mountain
Davis Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Anglesite, Chrysotile, Cerussite, Galena, Marmolite, Pyromorphite, Serpentine. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Deer Park Mine
Deer Park Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Autunite, Feldspar crystals, Garnet, Hyalite Opal, Mica, Monazite, Thulite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Eldorado
Eldorado is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Azurite, Calcite, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Hydrozincite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Elf
Elf is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Corundum, Amphibolite, Opal, Quartz crystals, Smaragdite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Eno River
Eno River is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Agatized wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Farmington
Farmington is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Autunite, Columbite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Feldspar Mine
Feldspar Mine is a historic mining site in Mitchell, North Carolina, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Feldspar, Mica.
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Flint Knob
Flint Knob is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Calcite, Galena, Pyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Foote Mine And Other Mines
Foote Mine and other mines is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Apatite, Beryl, Calcite, Cassiterite, Moonstone, Purpurite, Rhodochrosite, Spodumene, Black Tourmaline, Vivianite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Gold Hill
Gold Hill is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Magnetite, Manganese, Garnet, Amethyst, Sunstone, Gold. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Granite
Granite is a documented rockhounding destination in NC. Collectors visit for mixed minerals and rocks and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Hall Creek And Silver Creek
Hall Creek and Silver Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Corundum, Diamond, Pyrope Garnet, Rutile crystals, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Hanging Dog And Persimmon Creeks
Hanging Dog and Persimmon Creeks is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Staurolites. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Hanging Dog Creek
Hanging Dog Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Staurolite, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Helton Creek
Helton Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Magnetite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Higdon Mountain
Higdon Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Actinolite, Chalcedony, Chromite, Corundum, Enstatite, Magnetite, Opal, Quartz crystals, Ruby, Rutile, Sapphire, Spinel, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
View detailsCorundumNC
Highlands
Highlands is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Corundum, Almandine Garnet, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Horse Creek
Horse Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Epidote, Garnet, Magnetite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
View detailsMicaNC
Huckleberry Mountain
Huckleberry Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Mica, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Island Creek
Island Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Apatite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Hyalite Opal, Quartz crystals, Rhodochrosite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
View detailsChrysoliteNC
Ivy Creek
Ivy Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Chrysolite, Genthite, Talc, Tremolite, Asbestos. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Kernersville
Kernersville is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Chrysolite, Bronzite, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Kinsey Talc Mine
Kinsey Talc Mine is a historic mining site in Cherokee, North Carolina, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Marble, Soapstone.
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Kitchen Prospect
Kitchen Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Graham, North Carolina, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Malachite.
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Lemon Gap
Lemon Gap is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Allanite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Lincoln County
Lincoln County is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Cassiterite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Linville Mountain
Linville Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Actinolite, Graphite, Manaccanite, Pyrophyllite, Itacolumite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Little Bald Prospect
Little Bald Prospect is a mineral prospect in Cherokee, North Carolina, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Gold, Malachite.
View detailsAsbestosNC
Little Scaly Mountain
Little Scaly Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Asbestos, Gem Corundum, Rutile crystals, Serpentine, Vermiculite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Little Snowbird Mountains
Little Snowbird Mountains is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Chloritoid, Ottrelite, Garnet, Gold, Staurolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Marble
Marble is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Sillimanite, Staurolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Mason Farm Staurolite
Staurolite twinned crystals known as fairy crosses weather from schist in the Georgia-North Carolina Blue Ridge.
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Mason Mountain
Mason Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Corundum, Garnet, Hornblende, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Mcclure Prospect
Mcclure Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Jackson, North Carolina, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Malachite.
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Meyer’s Chapel & General Area
Meyer’s Chapel & General Area is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Corundum. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Mount Airy
Mount Airy is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Feldspar, Quartz crystals, Jasper. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Mount Pisgah
Mount Pisgah is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Chrysoprase. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Mt. Tirzah
Mt. Tirzah is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Actinolite, Hematite, Limonite, Manganese, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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North Fork New River
North Fork New River is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Staurolite, Rock crystal. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
View detailsAgatized woodNC
Pee Dee River
Pee Dee River is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Agatized wood, Chalcedony, Jasper. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
View detailsLimoniteNC
Pittsboro
Pittsboro is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Limonite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Pocomoke
Pocomoke is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Lepidolite, Rubellite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Pressley Mine
Pressley Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Albite, Amphibolite, Corundum, Damourite, Sapphire, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Reed Gold Mine
Reed Gold Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Azurite, Gold, Malachite, Quartz crystals, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Siderite, Cuprite, Barite, Galena. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Roan Mountain
Roan Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Unakite, Epidote. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Roaring Fork Creek
Roaring Fork Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Unakite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Roberson Ridge
Roberson Ridge is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Ankerite, Apatite, Biotite, Garnet, Muscovite, Pyrrotite, Quartz crystals, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Rosman
Rosman is a known mineral occurrence in Transylvania, North Carolina, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Iron, Rutile, Zircon.
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S.w. Presley Mine
S.W. Presley Mine is a historic mining site in Yancey, North Carolina, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Feldspar, Mica.
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Sliding-rock-brevard
sliding-rock-brevard is a documented rockhounding destination in NC. Collectors visit for mixed minerals and rocks and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
View detailsChloriteNC
Stony Point
Stony Point is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Chlorite, Goethite, Monazite, Quartz crystals, Spodumene. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Sugarloaf Mountain Prospect
Sugarloaf Mountain Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Jackson, North Carolina, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Iron, Malachite, Pyrite.
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Unaka
Unaka is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Staurolite, Agate, Epidote, Pink Feldspar, Gold Placer, Petrified wood, Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Vengeance Creek
Vengeance Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Calcite, Garnet, Quartz crystals, Staurolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Way-ye-hutta Prospect
Way-Ye-Hutta Prospect is a mineral prospect in Jackson, North Carolina, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Malachite.
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West Fork No. 1
West Fork No. 1 is a known mineral occurrence in Transylvania, North Carolina, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Iron, Rutile, Zircon.
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Willies Shanty Mine
Willies Shanty Mine is a historic mining site in Yancey, North Carolina, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Feldspar, Mica.
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Winston-salem
Winston-Salem is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Halloysite, Hematite, Magnetite, Garnet. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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