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Tarapacá
Huantajaya silver ruins
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: galena.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Colonial silver mountain above Iquique famous for massive native silver in the 1700s
Documented colonial mining site in Chilean history.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
open shafts
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.