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Atacama

Carrizal Alto copper mines

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: atacamite.

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

One of Chiles great 19th century copper camps, largely abandoned since the 1890s

Classic locality documented in mineralogical literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open shafts

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