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Chanarcillo silver mines (historic)
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokensAlso reported: proustite, chlorargyrite, embolite; classic old district.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
Why this spot
Silver veins
Chanarcillo was Chile's richest historic silver district
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