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Coen goldfield

Gold ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

Cape York alluvial and reef field rushed in the 1880s along the Coen River

Recorded in Queensland geological survey goldfield summaries.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

extreme remotenessWet season isolation, crocodiles

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