Hunan
Taolin lead-zinc mine
Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: galena, sphalerite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Vein Pb-Zn field near Linxiang mined at scale from the 1950s, an early source of fine Chinese fluorite
Documented specimen-producing mine in Chinese mineralogy.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old workings
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