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Ancash

Ticapampa and Recuay mine dumps

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also reported: sphalerite, galena.

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

Silver lead mines of the upper Santa valley worked from the 1880s, dumps and tailings remain

Documented historic mining district of the Callejón de Huaylas.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

tailings dust

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