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Alba, Alba County

Fata Baii gold workings, Zlatna

Gold ground Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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

Why this spot

Historic gold veins above Zlatna in the Apuseni Golden Quadrilateral, worked since Roman times

Classic old Transylvanian gold locality noted in mining histories.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

collapsed adits, remote terrain

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