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Chihuahua

Guadalupe y Calvo district

Gold ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
GoldGold
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

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

Why this spot

Gold-silver veins that supported a royal mint town in the 1840s deep in the Sierra Madre

Historic bonanza district documented in Mexican mining annals.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

cartel conflict zone, very remote

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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