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Nearest Localities

Results - nearest recorded localities to 35° 40' 32" N,81° 42' 50" W

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Bailey Fork Placer, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 40' 32" N	81° 42' 50" W	0.0km (0.0 miles)
Quarry (MRDS - 10074568), Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 41' 2" N	81° 43' 2" W	1.0km (0.6 miles)
Burkmont Prospect, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 38' 55" N	81° 42' 26" W	3.1km (1.9 miles)
Double Branch placer, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 39' 48" N	81° 44' 39" W	3.1km (1.9 miles)
Walker Top, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 38' 34" N	81° 43' 9" W	3.7km (2.3 miles)
Newton Prospect, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 38' 40" N	81° 41' 24" W	4.0km (2.5 miles)
Joel Walker Beryl Prospect, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 38' 20" N	81° 42' 47" W	4.1km (2.5 miles)
Brindletown Placers-Mills, Brindletown, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 42' 0" N	81° 45' 0" W	4.2km (2.6 miles)
Mica Prospect (MRDS - 10224051), Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 38' 3" N	81° 42' 42" W	4.6km (2.9 miles)
Clear Creek Placer, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 38' 54" N	81° 45' 26" W	4.9km (3.1 miles)
James C. Chapman Mine, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 41' 2" N	81° 46' 20" W	5.4km (3.3 miles)
Baileys Creek (Bailey Fork), Glen Alpine, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 43' 41" N	81° 43' 17" W	5.9km (3.7 miles)
Buzzard Roost Knob Prospect, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 37' 10" N	81° 44' 8" W	6.5km (4.1 miles)
Hancock Placer, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 38' 22" N	81° 46' 32" W	6.9km (4.3 miles)
Mica Prospect (MRDS - 10127171), Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 41' 56" N	81° 37' 35" W	8.3km (5.2 miles)
Petche Gap, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 41' 47" N	81° 36' 58" W	9.1km (5.7 miles)
Hall Creek placer, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 38' 52" N	81° 48' 47" W	9.5km (5.9 miles)
J.C. Mills Mine (Mill's Mine; Mills's Mine), Brindletown, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 37' 30" N	81° 47' 59" W	9.6km (6.0 miles)
Brindletown, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 37' 30" N	81° 48' 2" W	9.6km (6.0 miles)
Lytle Prospect, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 42' 22" N	81° 48' 50" W	9.7km (6.0 miles)
Carolina Queen Mine, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 36' 48" N	81° 47' 38" W	10.0km (6.2 miles)
Unnamed Gold Placer (MRDS - 10089503), Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 45' 52" N	81° 41' 12" W	10.2km (6.3 miles)
Smith Cliff Sillimanite deposit, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 40' 6" N	81° 35' 50" W	10.5km (6.6 miles)
Silver Creek placer, Silver Creek, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 38' 52" N	81° 49' 32" W	10.6km (6.6 miles)
Hunting Creek Tributary Placer, Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 45' 46" N	81° 39' 52" W	10.7km (6.6 miles)
Hossfeld Prospect, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 43' 19" N	81° 36' 31" W	10.8km (6.7 miles)
Cannon Prospect, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 39' 49" N	81° 50' 3" W	11.0km (6.8 miles)
Morganton Quarry (Vulcan Materials Co. Quarry), Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 45' 43" N	81° 39' 11" W	11.1km (6.9 miles)
Grill Prospect, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 43' 49" N	81° 36' 33" W	11.2km (7.0 miles)
Unnamed Gneiss Quarry GI-022 (MRDS - 10106098), Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, USA	35° 45' 56" N	81° 39' 22" W	11.3km (7.0 miles)

View of the Bailey Fork creek just south of the locality of Bailey Fork Placer

Bailey Fork Placer, Burke County, North Carolina, USA

Site of Bailey Fork Placer

Bailey Fork Placer, Burke County, North Carolina, USA

Almandine

Poovey Garnet Mine, Petche Gap, Burke County, North Carolina, USA

View of the Bailey Fork creek just south of the locality of Bailey Fork Placer

Bailey Fork Placer, Burke County, North Carolina, USA

Site of Bailey Fork Placer

Bailey Fork Placer, Burke County, North Carolina, USA

Almandine

Poovey Garnet Mine, Petche Gap, Burke County, North Carolina, USA

View of the Bailey Fork creek just south of the locality of Bailey Fork Placer

Bailey Fork Placer, Burke County, North Carolina, USA

Site of Bailey Fork Placer

Bailey Fork Placer, Burke County, North Carolina, USA

Minerals recorded nearby (within 11.3 km)

ⓘ 'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'

ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'

Rock types recorded nearby (within 11.3 km)

ⓘ Gneiss

ⓘ 'Granitic gneiss'

ⓘ 'Mica schist'

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

North America	Continent
North America Plate	Tectonic Plate
Pedmontia, North America Plate	Accretionary Complex
Piedmontia Domain, North America Plate	Domain
USA	Country
North Carolina, USA	State
Burke County, North Carolina, USA	County
Southeastern United States, USA	Area

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