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Tulcea, Tulcea County

Altan Tepe copper mine, Stejaru

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Pyrite-copper deposit in North Dobrogea worked from the early 1900s to closure

Documented Dobrogea mining locality in Romanian geological surveys.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open shafts

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