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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 tokensCoins and tokens
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also 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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