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Huila, Cuando Cobango

Cassinga iron district

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
FossilsFossils

Also reported: hematite, magnetite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

War-idled iron mines at Jamba, once Angola's iron backbone, abandoned since the late 1970s

Documented in Angolan mining history and demining reports.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

landmines, remoteness

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