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Argentina, La Rioja

Famatina District, Argentina

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
GoldGold

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: copper-gold district

Documented high-altitude La Mejicana copper-gold vein district in the Famatina range.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Extreme altitudeRemote, old cableway workings

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