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Cobar mineral field

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
GoldGold

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

Why this spot

Copper and gold lodes mined continuously since 1870 in the dry Cobar peneplain

Major documented field in geological survey literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

active mining, open stopes

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