The area is characterized by the alternation of two main types of vegetation: wooded areas with thick undergrowth and tall trees, typical of the Mediterranean hinterland (holm oaks, oaks), and vast expanses covered with coarse material, of variable color, predominantly reddish, practically devoid of vegetation.
The investigation areas are, overall, easily accessible.
It is not always easy to identify the locations of the mining shafts, which are divided between those made safe and those identified (and registered), but without the safety structure; needless to say, those not yet identified are certainly still high in number. While those made safe are easily visible due to the covering structure that characterizes them, only a careful examination of the morphology of the terrain can the latter be located, which appear as depressions in the ground, covered by leaves.