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Cajamarca, Cajamarca Department
Hualgayoc mining district
Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
Coins and tokensAlso reported: sphalerite, galena.
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).
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Why this spot
Colonial silver mountain of 1771 turned polymetallic district, riddled with hundreds of adits
Classic documented Peruvian mining district.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
altitude, contamination
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.