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Svaneti, Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti
Enguri headwater gold placers
Gold ground Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: magnetite sand.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Svan rivers panned with sheepskins since antiquity, the likely root of the Golden Fleece legend
Traditional Svaneti gold washing is ethnographically and geologically documented.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
glacial rivers, high mountain access
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.