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Quang Nam, Quảng Nam Province

Bong Mieu gold mines

Gold ground Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

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

Why this spot

Gold lodes worked from Cham times through French colonial shafts to a modern mill

Vietnam's best-documented historic gold mine.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

abandoned tunnels, cyanide ponds

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