| Great Lakes Carbon,morganton Plant | 1.9 mi | Graphite | Processing Plant | Past Producer |
| Burke Quarry | 2.3 mi | Crushed, Broken Granite | Surface | Abandoned |
| Hunting Creek Tributary Placer | 2.5 mi | Gold, REE | — | Past Producer |
| Unnamed Gneiss Quarry Gi-022 | 2.7 mi | Stone, Dimension | — | Past Producer |
| Unnamed Mica Prospect | 2.8 mi | Mica | — | Occurrence |
| Unnamed Gold Placer | 2.9 mi | REE, Gold | — | Past Producer |
| Morganton | 3.0 mi | Crushed, Broken Granite | Surface | Active |
| Causby Quarry | 3.0 mi | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Producer |
| Causby Quarry | 3.0 mi | Granite | — | Past Producer |
| Grill Prospect | 3.0 mi | Mica | — | Prospect |
| Hossfeld Prospect | 3.1 mi | Mica | — | Prospect |
| Catawba River Dredge & Plant | 3.3 mi | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer |
| Causby Sand Plant | 3.4 mi | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Processing Plant | Plant |
| Burke County Sand Pit | 3.7 mi | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Active |
| Quarry | 4.2 mi | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer |
| Quarry | 4.2 mi | Granite | — | Past Producer |
| Tweedy Mine | 4.3 mi | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer |
| Tweedy Mine | 4.3 mi | Sand and Gravel, Construction | — | Past Producer |
| Bailey Fork Placer | 4.5 mi | Gold, REE | — | Producer |
| Brindletown Placers-Mills | 5.2 mi | REE, Gold | — | Occurrence |
| Smith Cliff Sillimanite Deposit | 5.5 mi | Kyanite | — | Occurrence |
| Spake Prospect | 5.8 mi | Mica | — | Prospect |
| Hudson Prospect | 5.8 mi | Mica | — | Prospect |
| Newton Prospect | 5.9 mi | Mica | — | Prospect |
| Burkmont Prospect | 6.0 mi | Mica | — | Prospect |
| Double Branch Placer | 6.3 mi | Gold, REE | — | Producer |
| Joel Walker Beryl Prospect | 6.7 mi | Gemstone, Beryllium | — | Occurrence |
| James C. Chapman Mine | 6.8 mi | Gold, REE | — | Producer |
| Puette Mine | 6.9 mi | Gold | — | Past Producer |
| Unnamed Mica Prospect | 7.0 mi | Gemstone | — | Prospect |
| Williams Mine | 7.2 mi | Sand and Gravel, Construction | — | Past Producer |
| Williams Mine | 7.2 mi | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer |
| Clear Creek Placer | 7.6 mi | REE, Gold | — | Producer |
| Miller Pit | 8.2 mi | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer |
| Buzzard Roost Knob Prospect | 8.5 mi | Mica | Surface-Underground | Prospect |
| Lytle Prospect | 8.6 mi | Mica | — | Prospect |
| Haywood Hoyle Prospect | 8.7 mi | Mica | — | Prospect |
| Hancock Placer | 8.7 mi | Gold, REE | — | Producer |
| Paul Oliver Prospect | 8.7 mi | Mica | — | Prospect |
| Scott Hill Mine | 9.3 mi | Gold | — | Past Producer |
| Wheeler Daniels Prospect | 9.5 mi | Mica | — | Prospect |
| York Gravel Pit | 9.6 mi | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer |
| York Gravel Pit | 9.6 mi | Sand and Gravel, Construction | — | Past Producer |
| White Mill Creek Placer | 9.7 mi | REE, Gold | — | Past Producer |
| Cages Mtn Sillimanite Deposit | 9.9 mi | Kyanite | — | Occurrence |
| Hall Creek Placer | 10.0 mi | REE, Gold | — | Producer |
| Pax Hill Mine | 10.1 mi | Gold | — | Past Producer |
| Nibbler Mine | 10.2 mi | Gold | — | Past Producer |
| Floyd Brittan Mine | 10.2 mi | Mica | Surface-Underground | Past Producer |
| Yancey Prospect | 10.3 mi | Mica | — | Prospect |
| Reed Mine | 10.5 mi | Mica | Surface | Past Producer |
| Unnamed Gold Prospect | 10.5 mi | Gold | — | Occurrence |
| Cannon Prospect | 10.5 mi | Mica | — | Prospect |
| Lead-Zinc Prospect | 10.6 mi | Lead | — | Prospect |
| Silver Creek Placer | 10.6 mi | Gold, REE | — | Producer |
| Unnamed Sand and Gravel Pit | 10.7 mi | Sand and Gravel, Construction | — | Past Producer |
| Unnamed Gold Mine | 10.7 mi | Gold | — | Past Producer |
| Carolina Queen Mine | 10.7 mi | Gold | — | Producer |
| Lower Creek Pit | 10.7 mi | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer |
| Henry Young Prospect | 10.8 mi | Mica | — | Prospect |
| Hercules Mine | 10.9 mi | Gold | — | Past Producer |
| George P Young Mine | 10.9 mi | Mica | Surface | Past Producer |
| Muddy Creek Mine | 11.1 mi | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer |
| Little Silver Creek Placer | 11.2 mi | Gold | — | Producer |
| Saw Mills Sillimanite Deposit | 11.3 mi | Kyanite | — | Occurrence |
| Unnamed Asbestos Prospect | 11.3 mi | Nickel, Chromium, Asbestos | — | Occurrence |
| Pearcey Creek Placer | 11.4 mi | Gold | — | Past Producer |
| Pearcey Creek Gold Placer | 11.4 mi | Gold | — | Past Producer |
| Unnamed Asbestos Prospect | 11.6 mi | Nickel, Tungsten, Asbestos, Chromium | — | Occurrence |
| Lower Creek Mine | 11.6 mi | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer |
| Lower Creek Mine | 11.6 mi | Sand and Gravel, Construction | — | Past Producer |
| South Muddy Creek Prospect | 11.6 mi | Titanium | — | Unknown |
| Baker Mine | 11.6 mi | Gold | — | Past Producer |
| Noah Young Mine | 11.8 mi | Mica | Surface-Underground | Past Producer |
| South Muddy Creek Lower Course Placer | 11.8 mi | Gold, REE | — | Producer |
| George Cooke Prospect | 12.0 mi | Mica | Underground | Prospect |
| Carroll Creek Gold Placer Prospect | 12.0 mi | Gold | — | Occurrence |
| Greensboro Portable Plant 1 | 12.1 mi | Crushed, Broken Stone NEC | Surface | Active |
| Caldwell Quarry | 12.1 mi | Crushed, Broken Granite | Surface | Active |
| Causby Gneiss Quarry | 12.3 mi | Stone, Crushed/Broken | — | Producer |
| Unnamed Gneiss Quarry Hi-032 | 12.3 mi | Stone, Dimension | — | Past Producer |
| Gneiss Quarry | 12.3 mi | Granite | Surface | Past Producer |
| Gneiss Quarry | 12.4 mi | Granite | Surface | Past Producer |
| Unnamed Fluorite-Specularite-Gneiss Quarry | 12.4 mi | Stone, Dimension | — | Producer |
| Brown Mountain Mine | 12.4 mi | Gold | — | Past Producer |
| Sand Pit | 12.4 mi | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer |
| Sand Pit | 12.4 mi | Sand and Gravel, Construction | — | Past Producer |
| Long Prospect | 12.5 mi | Mica | Underground | Prospect |
| Keller Prospect | 12.5 mi | Mica | — | Prospect |
| J. C. Mills Property | 12.6 mi | REE, Gold | — | Producer |
| Pilot Mt. Mine | 12.6 mi | Gold | — | Past Producer |
| Pilot Mountain Mine | 12.6 mi | Gold | — | Occurrence |
| Huckleberry Mountain Mine | 12.7 mi | Mica | Surface | Past Producer |
| Kinkaid Prospect | 12.8 mi | Barium-Barite, Beryllium, REE | — | Occurrence |
| Little River Pit | 12.8 mi | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer |
| Henry River Pit | 12.9 mi | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer |
| Miller Prospect | 12.9 mi | Mica | — | Prospect |
| Hoppers Creek Placer | 13.2 mi | Gold, REE | — | Producer |
| Unnamed Gold Mine | 13.6 mi | Gold | — | Occurrence |
| Gravel Pit | 13.8 mi | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer |