Emerald Hollow Mine

ROCKHOUNDING OPEN / LEGAL DOCUMENTED

Where: North Carolina · North America · approx. 35.9, -81.09 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Precambrian metamorphic host of the Hiddenite emerald district

What turns up: Emerald, hiddenite (green spodumene), sapphire, garnet, quartz and tourmaline by sluicing or creeking

Access: Open / legal.

The only public emerald mine in the U.S.; fee dig and keep your finds.

Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.

Pins are approximate by design. This page is historical research, not permission to dig. Check ownership and local law first.