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Salsigne gold mine, Aude (Montagne Noire)

Gold ground Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: scorodite.

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

Why this spot

Arsenopyrite-gold deposit

France's largest gold mine; serious arsenic hazard on site.

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