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Gvozdansko silver mines, Zrinska Gora

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also reported: galena, sphalerite traces, slags, historic interest.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

Medieval silver-lead mines of the Zrinski nobles, famous for the 1578 siege

Documented in Croatian mining history, remains surveyed by heritage projects.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

collapsed workingsRemote, possible uncleared war remnants off tracks

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