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Pueblina Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda district, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

(Mina Pueblina)

An abandoned old Ag-Pb mine, within the famous Caracoles district, that has produced a fortune in chilean silver age (during late 1800).

Ref.:

Peebles F./Ruiz Fuller C. (1988): "Yacimientos metalíferos de Chile", Fondecyt, Stgo.de Chile, Chile.

(Special thanks must be given to Dr. Jochen Schluter, Curator of the Hamburg Mineral Museum, Germany, for it's invaluable help in identifying the minerals).
Dini M. ref.





Mineral List:
Acanthite
Andradite
Arsenopyrite
Cerussite
Galena
Iranite
Phoenicochroite
Polybasite
Proustite
Wulfenite


10 entries listed. 10 valid minerals.

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