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Jalisco
Pihuamo iron zone
Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso 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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