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Draa-Tafilalet, Drâa-Tafilalet

Bou Skour copper mine

Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: malachite, chalcocite.

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

Precambrian copper veins east of Ouarzazate, colonial workings under redevelopment

Documented Anti-Atlas copper deposit.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

desert tracks

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