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Mexico State, México

Zacualpan silver district

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

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

One of the earliest silver reals of New Spain, veins worked since the 1530s and still mined at small scale

Documented district in colonial and modern mining records.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open workings

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