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Sinaloa

El Rosario district (Sinaloa)

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
GoldGold

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), BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

Bonanza silver-gold veins beneath the town, mined from 1655 until tunnels undermined the church

Documented historic district in Mexican mining history.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

subsidence

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