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Pazardzhik

Radka copper mine, Panagyurishte

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: enargite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

High-sulfidation copper deposit of the Panagyurishte ore district, closed in the 1990s

Documented in Bulgarian literature on the Srednogorie copper belt.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

unstable dumps

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