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Keno Hill / Elsa silver district

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also reported: pyrargyrite, galena, siderite, freibergite on dumps.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

Cretaceous Ag-Pb-Zn veins

One of Canada's great silver camps; the Keno City mining museum interprets it.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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