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Michoacan, Michoacán
Coalcoman mining district
Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: galena, sphalerite, magnetite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Silver-lead veins and iron skarns in the isolated Sierra de Coalcoman, worked since the 1800s
Recorded district in Michoacan mining compilations.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
very remote, cartel conflict zone
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