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Coquimbo, Coquimbo Region
Arqueros silver district
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: proustite traces, barite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Silver veins north of La Serena mined from 1825, source of fine proustite
Classic Chilean silver locality in mineralogical literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
open shafts
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