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Chañarcillo, Chile

Mineral locality Inferred from historyGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: proustite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: historic silver district

Historic documented silver district, type area for famous proustite and silver specimens.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Open shafts, desert heat

Keep exploring nearby

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