Hilarion Mine
Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
Hilarion Mine is a central complex of mines amongst the well known silver mines of Attica. Extraction for copper, lead and silver has taken place here since the neolithic.
Hilarion is thought to produce or to have produced over 200 species of minerals, including being the type locality for seven.
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The article below has an exploration of the mine, showing that lower levels are now entirely flooded.
Mindat shows numerous photos of expeditions between 2007-2015, and the dive team from addicted2h2O visited in 2020 to conduct 3D mapping.
I have not been able to find any more recent news from the site, at least in English!
Further reading
- hilarion: Exploring the Greek Silver Mines of Lavreotiki
- Mindat page on the locale.
- Underwater exploration: Hilarion Mine
- The Lavrion Mines: A Unique Site of Geological and Mineralogical Heritage
If you are interested in other classic Greek locales we may have stock from the following locales.
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- Hilarion Mine, Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
- KM-3 Mine, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
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