First copper prospecting holes

First copper prospecting holes is a quarry in , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Springbok and Okiep.

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is a town in the Province of . With a population of 13,000, it is the biggest settlement in the region, and the business centre of the Namaqualand.

Village
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is a small town in the province of , and was in the 1870s ranked as having the richest copper mine in the world. The town is on the site of a spring that was known in the Khoekhoe language of the Nama people as U-gieb and was originally spelled as O'. is situated 9 km northwest of First copper prospecting holes.

First copper prospecting holes

Latitude
-29.64682° or 29° 38′ 49″ south
Longitude
17.94671° or 17° 56′ 48″ east
Open location code
5F2V9W3W+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1422439608
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
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