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Chanarcillo silver mines (historic)

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also 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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