France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Largentiere silver-lead mine
Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokensAlso reported: galena, sphalerite, barite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
Why this spot
Medieval silver town whose sandstone-hosted Pb-Zn mine worked until 1982
Documented Ardeche mining locality in French literature.
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