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Songwe, Mbeya

Lupa goldfield

Gold ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

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

Why this spot

Chunya rush field of the 1920s-30s, again busy with licensed small miners

Documented major artisanal goldfield in Tanzanian records.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

unshored shafts

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