Nearest Localities

Results - nearest recorded localities to 35° 23' 21" N,82° 15' 32" W

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Unnamed Marble occurrence [1], Polk County, North Carolina, USA	35° 23' 21" N	82° 15' 32" W	0.0km (0.0 miles)
Unnamed Mica Sample Locality (MRDS - 10026310), Polk County, North Carolina, USA	35° 23' 38" N	82° 15' 31" W	0.5km (0.3 miles)
Unnamed Mica occurrence [1], Polk County, North Carolina, USA	35° 23' 9" N	82° 15' 47" W	0.5km (0.3 miles)
Unnamed Feldspar Sample Locality Occurrence (MRDS - 10091927), Henderson County, North Carolina, USA	35° 24' 20" N	82° 16' 50" W	2.7km (1.7 miles)
Chimney Rock, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA	35° 26' 0" N	82° 15' 0" W	5.0km (3.1 miles)
Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10026308), Henderson County, North Carolina, USA	35° 25' 40" N	82° 20' 15" W	8.3km (5.2 miles)
Lake Lure occurrence, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA	35° 26' 0" N	82° 11' 0" W	8.4km (5.2 miles)
Unnamed Feldspar Sample Locality Occurrence (MRDS - 10026311), Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA	35° 29' 53" N	82° 17' 9" W	12.4km (7.7 miles)
Elman Williams Prospect, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA	35° 25' 39" N	82° 7' 20" W	13.1km (8.1 miles)
Unnamed Saprolite Pit (MRDS - 10102355), Henderson County, North Carolina, USA	35° 24' 9" N	82° 24' 19" W	13.3km (8.3 miles)
Youngs Mountain deposit, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA	35° 27' 47" N	82° 7' 55" W	14.1km (8.8 miles)
Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry [1], Henderson County, North Carolina, USA	35° 26' 45" N	82° 24' 33" W	15.0km (9.3 miles)
Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10102353), Henderson County, North Carolina, USA	35° 25' 33" N	82° 25' 8" W	15.1km (9.4 miles)
Mill Spring Quarry, Polk County, North Carolina, USA	35° 17' 53" N	82° 8' 1" W	15.2km (9.5 miles)
Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry [2], Henderson County, North Carolina, USA	35° 23' 3" N	82° 26' 3" W	15.9km (9.9 miles)
Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10026307), Henderson County, North Carolina, USA	35° 22' 47" N	82° 26' 9" W	16.1km (10.0 miles)
North Star Mine, Polk County, North Carolina, USA	35° 18' 49" N	82° 5' 49" W	16.9km (10.5 miles)
Quarry (MRDS - 10175084), Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA	35° 30' 39" N	82° 22' 47" W	17.4km (10.8 miles)
Hendersonville Quarry, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA	35° 21' 38" N	82° 27' 2" W	17.7km (11.0 miles)
Hendersonville Occurrence, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA	35° 19' 59" N	82° 26' 59" W	18.4km (11.4 miles)
Cane Creek-Brush Creek Occurrence, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA	35° 29' 56" N	82° 25' 20" W	19.2km (11.9 miles)
Gravelly Creek Quarry, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA	35° 28' 51" N	82° 26' 29" W	19.4km (12.1 miles)
Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10102357), Henderson County, North Carolina, USA	35° 26' 50" N	82° 27' 40" W	19.4km (12.1 miles)
Unnamed Marble Occurrence (MRDS - 10026295), Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA	35° 28' 12" N	82° 26' 59" W	19.5km (12.1 miles)
Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10026297), Henderson County, North Carolina, USA	35° 26' 33" N	82° 28' 2" W	19.8km (12.3 miles)
Green River Quarry, Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA	35° 15' 3" N	82° 23' 48" W	19.8km (12.3 miles)
Kay Mine, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA	35° 31' 13" N	82° 6' 6" W	20.3km (12.6 miles)
Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10026300), Henderson County, North Carolina, USA	35° 24' 35" N	82° 28' 56" W	20.4km (12.7 miles)
Greer Mine, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA	35° 18' 59" N	82° 28' 0" W	20.5km (12.7 miles)
Groves Lake Quarry A, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA	35° 27' 56" N	82° 28' 9" W	20.8km (13.0 miles)

View of the Chimney Rock area, in 1946.

Chimney Rock, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA

View of the Chimney Rock area, in 1946.

Chimney Rock, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA

View of the Chimney Rock area, in 1946.

Chimney Rock, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA

Minerals recorded nearby (within 20 km)

ⓘ 'Biotite'

ⓘ 'Garnet Group'

ⓘ Graphite

ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'

Rock types recorded nearby (within 20 km)

ⓘ 'Biotite gneiss'

ⓘ Coarse-grained ("plutonic") crystalline igneous rock

ⓘ 'Granitic gneiss'

ⓘ 'Pegmatite'

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

North America Plate	Tectonic Plate
Piedmontia Domain, North America Plate	Domain
USA	Country
North Carolina, USA	State
Polk County, North Carolina, USA	County
Southeastern United States, USA	Area

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