Harghita, Harghita County
Balan copper mine
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Cupriferous pyrite deposit in crystalline schists mined until the 2000s
Documented Romanian copper mine with specimens in regional museum collections.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
unstable dumps
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