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Hidalgo del Parral 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
Wreck timberWreck timber

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), NPS photo (Public domain).

Why this spot

Silver veins that anchored one of colonial Mexico's great mining towns from 1631

Major documented district in Mexican mining history.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

subsidence, old shafts

Keep exploring nearby

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