Burra-Burra Copper mines
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Details: For more details go to the Travel Channels Treasure Wiki for Tennessee page. It says: "See the Copper Basin and visit the Ducktown Basin Museum in Ducktown, Tennessee. The information provided there, as well as the outdoor views, are both educational and interesting. Minerals in the area are Garnet, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite, and Actinolite.
Handy to bring along: 1. Collecting Bag 2. Hand tools
GPS coordinates: N 35° 02.124 W 084° 22.713"
I am not clear from the instructions about collecting here. There is more historical info from here: "https://www.gamineral.org/writings/copperbasin-cochran.html".
Directions: For directions go to the Travel Channels Treasure Wiki for Tennessee page. It says: "The Copper Basin is easily accessed from Atlanta by taking Interstate I-575 to Georgia highway 5 to Copperhill. Other ways to get there are by following U.S. 64 East from Cleveland, Tennessee or West from Murphy, North Carolina."
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GPS Coordinates (lat,long): (35°2.124'N, 84°22.713'W)
or (35.035400, -84.378550)
Google Map: (The GPS marker is intended to be approximate or best guess.)
Mindat Link: http://www.mindat.org/loc-129767.html
Tags: Burra-Burra Copper mines Garnet Pyrite Chalcopyrite Pyrrhotite Actinolite Copper Basin ducktown musuem tennessee
 RARE LOCALE Large Andradite Garnet Crystal DUCKTOWN, TENNESSEE - Ex. Lemanski |
