Spain, Murcia
Cartagena-La Unión District, Spain
Mineral locality Inferred from historyGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: galena, sphalerite, smithsonite, greenockite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: historic Pb-Zn-Fe district
Major mindat mining district with greenockite, smithsonite, galena and diverse secondary minerals.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Open shaftsHeavy-metal dumps, unstable ground
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