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France, Occitanie

Salsigne Mine, France

Mineral locality Inferred from historyProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: scorodite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: major gold-arsenic mine

Historic large gold mine on mindat with gold, arsenopyrite and diverse sulfides.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Severe arsenic contaminationUnstable ground

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