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La Paz, La Paz Department
Corocoro copper district
Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: pseudomorphs after aragonite, chalcocite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Altiplano sediment hosted copper worked since pre Inca times, famous for native copper pseudomorphs
Classic locality documented in mineralogical literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
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