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Vratsa
Plakalnitsa mine, Zgorigrad
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: galena.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Copper-lead workings above Vratsa, site of the 1966 tailings dam disaster, later closed
Documented in Bulgarian mining history and mineralogical records.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
steep karst terrain, old workings
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.