Punitaqui gold and mercury district

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Gold

Crystals and minerals

Nails and fittings

Also reported: cinnabar.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Gold copper and cinnabar veins worked since colonial times around the town

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.