First Broad River Headwaters Gold Placers

First Broad River Headwaters Gold Placers is a producer of gold, ree in Rutherford County, North Carolina, in USGS's medium output class. USGS records production from 1828. It is one of 7 historic gold producers USGS lists in Rutherford County, and number 1 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Producer
Output class
medium (USGS class)
Commodities
Gold, REE
Production years
from 1828
Discovered
1828
County
Rutherford County
State
North Carolina
Land status (BLM data)
Land status not determined in the BLM dataset
USGS record
10071264

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate, and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

Gold sites nearby

29 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Rutherford County page lists the biggest.