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Silverton district dumps
Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
Coins and tokensAlso 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
Keep exploring nearby
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