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Messina (Musina) copper mines

Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
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What you could find

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

Why this spot

Precambrian breccia-pipe Cu deposits

Famous for large native copper and quartz; mines closed

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