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Rockhounding in North Carolina
34 researched sites, each with an access tier, evidence tier and site history.
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- Aurora / PCS Phosphate (Aurora Fossil Museum spoil) · fossil · Open / legal
- Aurora / PCS phosphate (Pungo) fossils, North Carolina · fossil · Permission required
- Buck Creek corundum, Clay County · mineral · Gray area
- Cherokee Ruby & Sapphire Mine, Cowee Valley, NC · gem · Permission required
- Cherokee Ruby and Sapphire Mine · gem · Open / legal
- Chunky Gal Mountain, Clay County, NC · mineral · Open / legal
- Crabtree Emerald Mine · gem · Gray area
- Crabtree Emerald Mine, NC · gem · Permission required
- Emerald Hollow Mine · gem · Open / legal
- Emerald Hollow Mine, NC · gem · Permission required
- Fort Fisher and Carolina Beach strand · fossil · Open / legal
- Franklin / Cowee Valley ruby & sapphire mines, North Carolina · gem · Permission required
- Gem Mountain · gem · Open / legal
- Gem Mountain, Spruce Pine, NC · gem · Permission required
- Green Mill Run (Greenville) · fossil · Gray area
- Holden Beach · fossil · Open / legal
- Little Pine Garnet Mine · mineral · Gray area
- Little Pine Garnet Mine, Madison County, NC · gem · Permission required
- Mason Mountain Mine · gem · Open / legal
- Mason Mountain Mine, Franklin, NC · gem · Permission required
- Old Pressley Sapphire Mine · gem · Open / legal
- Old Pressley Sapphire Mine, Canton, NC · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Ray Mica Mine (Yancey County) · mineral · Gray area
- Ray Mica Mine, Yancey County, NC · mineral · Permission required
- Reed Gold Mine area, North Carolina · gold · Open / legal
- Reed Gold Mine, Cabarrus County, NC · mineral · Permission required
- Sheffield Mine · gem · Open / legal
- Sheffield Mine, Franklin, NC · gem · Permission required
- Spruce Pine / Emerald Hollow Mine, Hiddenite, North Carolina · gem · Permission required
- Spruce Pine Pegmatite District, NC · mineral · Gray area
- Topsail Island beaches · fossil · Open / legal
- Vein Mountain Gold Area, McDowell County, NC · mineral · Permission required
- Vein Mountain Gold Panning Area · gold · Open / legal
- Vulcan / Thermal City gold, North Carolina · gold · Permission required