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Coniston Copper Mines

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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

Borrowdale Volcanic Group hydrothermal veins

Extensive historic copper field above Coniston.

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