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Gwynfynydd Gold Mine, Ganllwyd

Gold ground Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: galena.

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

Why this spot

Ordovician slates with gold-quartz veins

Historic Welsh gold mine near Ganllwyd.

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