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Leadhills & Wanlockhead

Gold & lead minerals

Gold ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: leadhillite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: placer gold, leadhillite, lead minerals

Documented rockhounding locality.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Remote or mine ground
heat, shafts, weather

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