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Tacna

Toquepala copper mine, Tacna

Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: molybdenite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Porphyry copper

Toquepala is a major southern Peruvian copper mine

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