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Ancash
Pachapaqui mine district
Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso 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
Hazards noted for this site.
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