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Moroto, Northern Region

Moroto marble quarries

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

MarblesMarbles
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: tremolite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Karamoja marble worked by hand crews and small quarries along the mountain flank

Documented limestone-marble resource in Ugandan surveys.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

rockfall at faces

Keep exploring nearby

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