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Azerbaijan, Balakan District
Filizchay polymetallic deposit
Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: sphalerite, galena float.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Giant undeveloped pyrite-polymetallic orebody high on the Greater Caucasus south slope
Filizchay ranks among Europe's largest base-metal deposits in survey literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
border zone, avalanche country
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