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Michoacan, Michoacán
Las Truchas iron district
Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: magnetite, hematite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Magnetite skarn bodies near the Pacific coast feeding the Lazaro Cardenas steelworks since the 1970s
Documented iron ore district in Mexican geological survey literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
industrial traffic, regional insecurity
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