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Visnes copper mine, Karmoy

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Reported finds from this ground.

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

Why this spot

Ophiolite copper mine 1865-1972 whose ore reputedly clad the Statue of Liberty

Well-documented mine with museum and mapped dumps.

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