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Kakamega, Kakamega County
Kakamega goldfield
Gold ground Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: sulfides.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Kenya's 1930s gold rush field on the Nyanza greenstone belt, still dug by co-ops
Documented in colonial and modern Kenyan mining records.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old Rosterman shafts, mercury at mills
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.