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Chihuahua

Santa Barbara-San Francisco del Oro district

Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also reported: galena, 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

Parallel silver-lead-zinc vein systems mined since 1547 and still active

Long documented producing district in geological survey literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

active mine area

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