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Coquimbo, Coquimbo Region

Talcuna copper district

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: chalcocite, bornite, barite, atacamite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Manto copper mines in the Quebrada Marquesa worked since the 1860s

Documented locality for copper minerals with barite.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

underground workings

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