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Oaxaca
San Jose del Progreso (Cuzcatlan mine)
Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
GoldPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Epithermal silver-gold veins south of Ocotlan developed as a modern underground mine since 2011
Documented modern mining operation in industry literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
social conflict around mining
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