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Lima, Lima region

Uchucchacua mine

Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also reported: Specimens via dealers.

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

Why this spot

Oyón-area silver-manganese mine

Rare manganese silicates, rhodochrosite

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Industrial mine

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