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Whiskey Run beach gold
Gold ground Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
GoldAlso reported: chromite black sand, platinum traces.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Black sand beach placers north of Bandon mined in the 1850s and still panned after storms
Historic beach placer documented in Oregon geology publications.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
surf, cold wind
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