La Minita

MX / Baja California Sur

•27.48358, -114.18407View on Map Open in Google Maps

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La Minita is a historic mining site in Baja California Sur, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Gold.

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Gold

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Production size: Small

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Cited references

GUILD, PHILIP W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-B, 72 P.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10048946 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 27.48358, -114.18407

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