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Gumushane, Gümüşhane Province
Gumushane silver district
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
Coins and tokensAlso reported: galena, sphalerite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
Pontide silver-lead mines that named the city, worked from Byzantine times to sporadic modern operations
Documented historic mining district in Ottoman and Turkish records.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
collapsing galleries
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.