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Norway, Nordland

Sulitjelma copper mines

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: pyrrhotite.

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

Why this spot

Massive sulfide district in the Sulitjelma mountains, mined 1887-1991

Documented major Norwegian producer with a mining museum and accessible dumps.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote weather, open stopes

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