El Indio gold belt

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and minerals

Gold

Nails and fittings

Also reported: enargite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

High Andes gold copper arsenic veins mined 1981 to 2002, famous for masses of native gold

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.