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Pestarena gold mines, Valle Anzasca

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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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

Monte Rosa gold veins mined from Roman times to 1961 below Macugnaga

Documented Italian gold district in Alpine mining literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

collapsing aditsArsenopyrite-rich dumps

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