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Ancash

Pachapaqui mine district

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: sphalerite, rhodochrosite traces.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Skarn and vein zinc lead mines high in the Cordillera Huayhuash approaches

Documented specimen producing mine in Peruvian mineral trade.

Before you go

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