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Guerrero

Media Luna mine area (Nuevo Balsas)

Gold ground Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: magnetite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Gold-copper skarn beneath the Balsas canyon, brought into modern underground production in the 2010s

Documented in modern mining industry literature on the Guerrero gold belt.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

active mine areaRegional cartel activity

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