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Sinaloa

Cosala district

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: sphalerite.

Photos 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), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Silver-copper veins around a colonial magical town, mined since the 1560s with modern operations nearby

Documented district in Sinaloa mining literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

sierra roads, regional insecurity

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