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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 minerals
Gold
Nails and fittingsAlso 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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