La Valenciana Mine

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The Valenciana Mine, known as Mina de La Valenciana in Spanish, is located in Guanajuato, Mexico. Valenciana is about 6 km from the Historic Center, Guanajuato, Guanajuato. La Valenciana Mine, Historic Guanajuato City, and surrounding mines are part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It began to exploit silver in the 16th century. Its extraction of silver was so abundant that its production was equivalent to two-thirds of the total that was obtained from this metal in all of New Spain. Currently, it belongs to the Santa Fe Cooperative Society of Metallurgical Mines of Guanajuato and continues to be exploited at a depth of 760 meters.

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The Valenciana Mine
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Location: 21.0436, -101.2581, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  • La Valenciana Mine
    mine in Guanajuato, Mexico
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    sitemineLa Valenciana Minesilver mine, mineWikidata