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Magadan Oblast

Kolyma placer goldfields

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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

The grim great placer province of the Soviet northeast, dredged and sluiced since the 1930s

Extensively documented gold region.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

extreme cold, isolation

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