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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 minerals
Coins and tokensAlso 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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