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Chala gold mine, Spahievo

Gold ground Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
GoldGold

Also reported: galena.

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

Why this spot

Epithermal gold-polymetallic veins of the Spahievo ore field, worked in modern times

Documented Eastern Rhodope ore field in Bulgarian mining reports.

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