Facts
- USGS status
- Producer
- Output class
- medium (USGS class)
- Commodities
- Gold, REE
- Production years
- from 1828
- Discovered
- 1828
- County
- McDowell County
- State
- North Carolina
- Land status (BLM data)
- Land status not determined in the BLM dataset
- USGS record
- 10071272
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Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date.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
- Second Broad River Placer 2 mi · USGS historic
- Cane Creek Placer 4 mi · USGS historic
- Hoppers Creek Placer 6 mi · USGS historic
- J. C. Mills Property 7 mi · USGS historic
- First Broad River Headwaters Gold Placers 7 mi · USGS historic
- South Muddy Creek Lower Course Placer 8 mi · USGS historic
- Silver Creek Placer 9 mi · USGS historic
- Hall Creek Placer 9 mi · USGS historic
26 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The McDowell County page lists the biggest.