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Chile, Antofagasta

Guanaco Mine, Chile

Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: alunite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: epithermal gold district

Documented high-sulfidation epithermal gold district in the Atacama on mindat.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Desert, open pit

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