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Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia

Skouries gold-copper mine

Gold ground Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
GoldGold
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: magnetite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Porphyry gold-copper orebody under Aristotle's forests, developed amid long local controversy

Extensively reported modern mining project in NE Chalkidiki.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

security patrols, heavy plant

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