Suggested Prospecting Areas: — Union County

Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: union_nc.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: SUGGESTED PROSPECTING AREAS:. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Rocky River Reported By: Brian Helms Rocky river that flows through Stanly, Cabarrus, and Union counties and all of it's tributaries contain some amount of gold in stream gravel. In many cases the gold is in clay with stream gravel in it. Some streams are mostly bedrock and are easy pickings. Best places on the river are in lower Cabarrus through Stanly county. Several 1 ounce nuggets have been found throughtout the area. I have heard stories of bigger but not from a reliable source. Waxhaw - located in west-central part of county, much of the area stream gravels, original placer gold discoveries extensively worked.