Poopó tin and silver district

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and minerals

Coins and tokens

Also reported: cassiterite, franckeite, sphalerite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

Vein district on the lakeshore rail line, worked since colonial silver days

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.