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Natividad mine (Capulalpam)

Gold ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), 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

Gold-silver quartz veins in the Sierra Juarez worked since the 1800s beside the mining village of Natividad

Well documented historic district in Mexican mining literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

old underground workings, mountain roads

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