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Jalisco

Bolanos silver district

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: sphalerite.

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

Bonanza silver veins in a deep canyon town that boomed in the 1700s and still sees mining

Major colonial district documented in Mexican mining history.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

canyon roads, old workings

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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