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Michoacan, Michoacán
Tlalpujahua district (Dos Estrellas)
Gold ground Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
GoldPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Gold-quartz veins that made Dos Estrellas one of the world's richest mines around 1910, now a museum town
Famous historic district in Mexican mining history literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
unstable tailings, old workings
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