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Tankavaara

Gold village & Kultamuseo

Gold ground Source-confirmed findsLicence or permit
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: panning technique.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Lapland gold rush village where the 1934 Tankavaara strike is now a pan-for-pay gold village and the international Gold Prospector Museum

Gold village and Kultamuseo both document daily visitor panning, museum states participants keep any gold they find

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

cold water, mosquitoes in July

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