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El Paraiso, El Paraíso Department
Yuscaran silver district
Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
Coins and tokensAlso reported: pyrargyrite traces, 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).
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Why this spot
Silver veins above a preserved colonial town, worked from the 1740s bonanza years onward
Documented historic district in Honduran mining records.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
open shafts
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.