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Mfouati-Boko Songho mines

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: malachite, plancheite, cerussite, smithsonite.

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

Why this spot

Lead-zinc-copper karst deposits mined colonially and picked over ever since

Documented Niari basin district in regional geology.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

sinkholes, old shafts

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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