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Coppermine River native copper

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
GoldGold

Also reported: epidote, zeolites.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

Basalt country that supplied Copper Inuit tool metal for centuries

Native copper here is documented from exploration history and archaeology.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

arctic remoteness, river travel

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