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La Paz, La Paz Department

Caracoles tin district, Inquisivi

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: cassiterite, vivianite, wolframite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

High cordillera tin veins above Quime, worked through the 20th century

Documented Bolivian tin district, distinct from the Chilean Caracoles.

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