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Pihuamo iron zone

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: magnetite, hematite.

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

Why this spot

Magnetite skarn pods in the southern Jalisco sierra, worked at small scale through the 1900s

Recorded iron occurrences in Jalisco mining compilations.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote roads

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