Hunedoara, Hunedoara County
Deva copper mine dumps
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: malachite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Underground copper porphyry beneath the Deva citadel hill, closed in the 1990s
Documented Romanian copper mine with dump material known to local collectors.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
unstable dumps
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