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Clogau St Davids Gold Mine, Bontddu

Gold ground Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Cambrian / Ordovician slates, gold-bearing quartz veins

Source of Welsh royal-wedding gold; workings dangerous and closed.

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