Allchar deposit

Allchar deposit
Location
Allchar deposit is located in North Macedonia
Allchar deposit
Allchar deposit
Location in Macedonia
CountryMacedonia
Coordinates41°09′25″N 21°56′47″E / 41.15694°N 21.94639°E / 41.15694; 21.94639
Production
ProductsGold, Thallium
History
Opened1880
Closed1908

Allchar deposit (alternative spellings Alsar deposit, Alšar deposit or Alshar deposit[1]) is a low-temperature hydrothermal goldarsenicantimonythallium deposit in Kavadarci Municipality of North Macedonia. For some time, the thallium-rich part of the deposit was mined. The Crven Dol mine yielded thallium and the ore body still holds estimated amount of 500 t of thallium. The mineral lorandite from this ore deposit can be used to determine the solar neutrino flux.[2][3][1]

"Mineral collecting at Allchar is only allowed with permission from the University of Skopje. The area will be declared a protected site. In about 2010, several collectors without this permit were arrested by police."[4]

  1. ^ a b "Kozuf - untouched ecological nature". Macedonia Timeless.
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  4. ^ "Allchar, Rožden, Kavadarci Municipality, North Macedonia".