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Oruro

Oruro silver-tin district

Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also reported: Specimens.

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

Why this spot

Historic Altiplano silver and tin mines

Silver, tin, sulfosalt specimens

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

High altitude, mine

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