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Chungcheongnam, Chungcheongnam-do

Gubong gold mine

Gold ground Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

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

Why this spot

Once Korea's biggest gold producer, worked from the Japanese colonial era to 1971

Documented historic mine with modern reopening studies.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open shafts

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