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Huancavelica

Huancavelica

Colonial mercury town (Santa Bárbara)

Old dump ground Source-confirmed findsRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Colonial mercury-mining ground; verify status..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1650 trade / settlement era

Mercury source that fed Potosí silver amalgamation

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