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Mexico State, México

El Oro de Hidalgo district

Gold ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
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Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

Gold-quartz veins twinned with Tlalpujahua that made El Oro a belle epoque boomtown

Famous historic district documented in Mexican mining history.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

old shafts

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