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North Carolina
Vein Mountain Gold Area, McDowell County, NC
Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: monazite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: placer gold in creeks of the Carolina gold belt
Established recreational gold-panning area with fee camps documented in prospecting literature.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Water, remote terrain
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