Tamaya copper mines, Ovalle

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittings

Also reported: malachite, chrysocolla, chalcocite.

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

Why this spot

Cerro Tamaya made Chile a copper power in the 1860s, now ruins and dumps

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.