Spruce Pine / Emerald Hollow Mine, Hiddenite, North Carolina

ROCKHOUNDING PERMISSION REQUIRED DOCUMENTED

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

Why this spot: Metamorphic pegmatite

What turns up: Emerald, hiddenite, quartz and garnet; sluice, creek and dig at the only public emerald mine

Access: Permission required.

Private fee mine (Emerald Hollow); pay, keep 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.