Cherokee Ruby & Sapphire Mine
FEE_MINE — NC launch cohort dry-run (deep-nc-cherokee)
Recorded access status: caution
Boundaries and rules remain unresolved. This status does not grant collecting permission.
Field permission summary
Recorded access status: caution
- Visitunresolved
- Observeunresolved
- Photographunresolved
- Collectunresolved
- Collect with permitunresolved
- Location
- unresolved
- Access
- unresolved
- Geology
- unresolved
Closure revalidation: not_current. A past closure note is not collecting permission.
Go / No-Go: not_ready
Departure: not_ready
A map pin, recorded access status, ownership, permit, route, or closure note does not decide collecting. Visit, observation, photography, and collecting stay unresolved until a separate current authority record exists. Cached or offline state is not current.
Operator: Unknown / Not verified
Operating status: Open (reported)
Last verified: Unknown / Not verified
Recorded collecting note: FEE_MINE — NC launch cohort dry-run (deep-nc-cherokee). This note is not collecting permission.
No permit note is on this record. That absence is not a decision that a permit is unnecessary.
VISIT
Reported allowed — not a legal grant
COLLECT
Reported allowed — not a legal grant
ROUTE
Unknown / Not verified
OPERATING STATUS
Open (reported)
What you can find
Ruby
OPERATOR ADVERTISED · certainty REPORTED · not verified native geology
Last verified: Unknown / Not verified
Sapphire
OPERATOR ADVERTISED · certainty REPORTED · not verified native geology
Last verified: Unknown / Not verified
How collecting works
- Method: Unknown / Not verified
- Material origin: Unknown / Not verified
- Take-home: Unknown / Not verified
- Quantity: Unknown / Not verified
- Tools: Unknown / Not verified
Price & admission
- Pricing: $30/person (operator fees page retrieved 2026-10-01)
- Pricing verified: Unknown / Not verified
- Reservation: Unknown / Not verified
- Waiver: Unknown / Not verified
- Hours: CONFLICTED: year-round 10am–4pm (9am summer) vs March–December on operator pages — call (828) 349-2941
- Season: Unknown / Not verified
Field conditions
- Amenities: Unknown / Not verified
- Accessibility: Unknown / Not verified
- Family / beginner: Unknown / Not verified
Trust / sources
- Operator: Unknown / Not verified
- Operator confirmation: Unknown / Not verified
- Last verified: Unknown / Not verified
- Admission: ADMITTED
A mapped fee mine is not proof it is open, that collecting is allowed, or that advertised materials occur naturally.
Geological context
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Directions use coordinates only. Unknown route legality is not approved navigation. Mapped location is not collecting permission.
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