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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.
Gold
Nails and fittings
Crystals and mineralsAlso 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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