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Gegharkunik

Sotk gold mine

Gold ground Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
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

Large lode gold deposit at the Zod pass worked since Soviet times

Documented major Armenian mine.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

border shelling risk, active mine

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