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Jalisco
Cinco Minas district (Hostotipaquillo)
Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Crystals and minerals
GoldPhotos 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), BLM Alaska (Public domain).
Why this spot
Silver-gold veins of the Hostotipaquillo belt worked heavily from the Porfiriato into the 1930s
Documented district in Jalisco mining records and collector references.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
open shafts, barranca heat
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.