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Oaxaca

San Jeronimo Taviche district

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
GoldGold

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

Why this spot

Small silver-gold veins in the Ocotlan valley hills, worked on and off since colonial times

Recorded in Oaxaca mining district compilations and collector references.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open shafts

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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