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Silverton district dumps

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also reported: galena, sphalerite, rhodonite traces.

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

San Juan silver camp ringed by high dumps from the 1880s onward

District mineralogy is famous; dump access depends on ownership.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

altitude, unstable workings, mine water

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