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Jujuy

Mina Pirquitas, Jujuy puna

Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: cassiterite.

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).

Why this spot

High puna tin and silver mine, long Argentinas top tin producer and a famous sulfosalt locality

Documented in mineralogical literature for rare silver tin sulfosalts.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

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