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Private Surface/Mineral Rights Firewall
private rocks, minerals and fossils · Statewide
NORTH CAROLINA ROCKHOUNDING DIRECTORY
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Public Access Is Not Material Removal
parks, forests, waterways and roads · Statewide
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Roadcut No-Promotion Control
roadside rocks, minerals and fossils · Statewide
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Source Freshness Gate
source management · Statewide
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Specimen Coordinate Suppression
native mineral/fossil localities · Statewide
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State Forest Permit Override
state-forest rocks and minerals · Statewide
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State Park No-Recreational-Collection Override
state-park geological resources · Statewide
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Waterway Access/Removal Separation
stream gravels, fossils, gold and minerals · Statewide
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Active North Carolina Mines/Quarries — No Public Collection Inference
industrial minerals, aggregates, lithium, feldspar, phosphate and other mined commodities · Statewide
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North Carolina State Forests — Permit-Controlled / No Casual Removal
rocks, minerals and other natural resources · Statewide
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North Carolina State Parks — No Recreational Mineral Collection
rocks, minerals, fossils and artifacts · Statewide
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Abandoned Underground Mine Hazard Research
historic shafts, adits, collapse and acid-producing mine waste · Statewide
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Historic Mine-Dump Research
historic mine waste/dumps and associated minerals · Statewide
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North Carolina Quartz Research
quartz crystals, vein quartz, smoky quartz and pegmatite quartz · Statewide
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North Carolina Roadcut Geology Research
bedrock/mineral/fossil exposures along highways · Statewide
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Hanging Rock State Park — Viewing Geology Only
quartzite, waterfalls and rock exposures · Stokes
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Stokes County Geology and Rockhounding Research
county bedrock, minerals, fossils, mines/quarries, stream/coastal deposits and land-management context · Stokes
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Surry County Geology and Rockhounding Research
county bedrock, minerals, fossils, mines/quarries, stream/coastal deposits and land-management context · Surry
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Pilot Mountain State Park — Viewing Geology Only
quartzite/metamorphic rock exposures · Surry / Yadkin
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Swain County Geology and Rockhounding Research
county bedrock, minerals, fossils, mines/quarries, stream/coastal deposits and land-management context · Swain
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Fontana Copper Mine District Research
copper sulfides and historic mine geology · Swain / Graham
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park — No Recreational Collecting
rocks, minerals, fossils and natural objects · Swain / Haywood
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Gorges State Park — Viewing Geology Only
Blue Ridge metamorphic rocks and waterfalls · Transylvania
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Transylvania County Geology and Rockhounding Research
county bedrock, minerals, fossils, mines/quarries, stream/coastal deposits and land-management context · Transylvania
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Tyrrell County Geology and Rockhounding Research
county bedrock, minerals, fossils, mines/quarries, stream/coastal deposits and land-management context · Tyrrell
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Union County Geology and Rockhounding Research
county bedrock, minerals, fossils, mines/quarries, stream/coastal deposits and land-management context · Union
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Vance County Geology and Rockhounding Research
county bedrock, minerals, fossils, mines/quarries, stream/coastal deposits and land-management context · Vance
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Wake County Geology and Rockhounding Research
county bedrock, minerals, fossils, mines/quarries, stream/coastal deposits and land-management context · Wake
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Warren County Geology and Rockhounding Research
county bedrock, minerals, fossils, mines/quarries, stream/coastal deposits and land-management context · Warren
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Washington County Geology and Rockhounding Research
county bedrock, minerals, fossils, mines/quarries, stream/coastal deposits and land-management context · Washington
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Watauga County Geology and Rockhounding Research
county bedrock, minerals, fossils, mines/quarries, stream/coastal deposits and land-management context · Watauga
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Wayne County Geology and Rockhounding Research
county bedrock, minerals, fossils, mines/quarries, stream/coastal deposits and land-management context · Wayne
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Neuse River Fossil Research
Coastal Plain fossils and river exposures · Wayne / Lenoir / Craven
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North Carolina Barite Research
barite veins and historic mineral occurrences · Western / Piedmont North Carolina
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Nantahala National Forest — Casual Rock/Mineral Collecting
small quantities of widespread common rocks/minerals and possible low-impact prospecting · Western North Carolina
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Pisgah National Forest — Casual Rock/Mineral Collecting
small quantities of widespread common rocks/minerals for personal noncommercial use · Western North Carolina
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Blue Ridge Parkway — No Recreational Collecting
rocks, minerals, fossils and roadcut resources · Western North Carolina
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Blue Ridge Staurolite/Garnet Research
staurolite, garnet, kyanite and metamorphic indicator minerals · Western North Carolina
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North Carolina Beryl Research
beryl, aquamarine and emerald occurrences · Western North Carolina
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North Carolina Fluorite Research
fluorite in pegmatite/vein and mine-dump contexts · Western North Carolina