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Savannakhet, Savannakhet Province

Sepon mine, Vilabouly

Gold ground Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: chalcocite, malachite (no public access).

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Copper-gold deposits over an ancient bronze-age mining landscape on the Xe Pon river

Documented modern mine with published archaeology of ancient workings.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

UXO in surrounding district

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