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Mpanda mineral field

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: galena.

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

Why this spot

Lead-copper-gold veins worked around Mpanda since the 1940s

Documented polymetallic field in geological survey literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

old adits

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