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Jalisco

Cuale mining district

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also reported: galena, sphalerite, barite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

Silver-zinc veins high in the sierra behind Puerto Vallarta, worked from the 1800s with a ghost camp remaining

Documented district in Jalisco mining literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote mountain tracks

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