Cherokee Ruby & Sapphire Mine, Cowee Valley, NC

ROCKHOUNDING PERMISSION REQUIRED CONFIRMED

Where: North Carolina · North America · approx. 35.27, -83.36 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Rockhounding locality: ruby/sapphire (corundum) in Cowee Valley gravels weathered from amphibolite

What turns up: ruby, sapphire, garnet, moonstone, rhodolite

Access: Permission required.

Fee-dig operation offering native gravel and purchased buckets.

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.