Alba, Alba County
Baia de Aries gold mine dumps
Gold ground Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
GoldAlso reported: sphalerite, galena.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain).
Why this spot
Centuries-old gold and base metal mine on the Aries valley, closed in the 2000s
Documented in Romanian mining records and collector accounts of Apuseni sulfosalts.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
unstable dumps, flooded workings
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