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Guanajuato
La Aurora mine (Xichu)
Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: wulfenite, aurichalcite, hemimorphite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Oxidized lead-zinc-copper pockets in the Sierra Gorda de Guanajuato known among micromineral collectors
Documented specimen locality in collector literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
rough sierra roads, unstable workings
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.