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North Macedonia, Radovish

Buchim copper mine, Radovis

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
GoldGold

Also reported: magnetite (company access only).

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

Why this spot

Porphyry copper-gold open pit, the country's main copper source since 1979

Well documented in Balkan economic geology.

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active mining

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