Maramures, Maramureş
Sasar mine, Baia Mare
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
Gold
Coins and tokensAlso reported: sphalerite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
Epithermal gold-silver veins on the west edge of the Baia Mare belt, worked to the 2000s
Documented in Romanian mining records and collector literature on the Baia Mare district.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
unstable dumps, sealed shafts
Keep exploring nearby
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