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Nigde, Niğde Province
Bolkardag mining district
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
GoldAlso reported: cerussite, anglesite, mimetite, rare Tl-As sulfosalts.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain).
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Why this spot
High Taurus lead-silver-gold district worked from antiquity through Ottoman times
Bolkardag is noted among collectors for rare oxidation-zone species from old workings.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
high altitudeOpen shafts, arsenic minerals
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.