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For a while the tollroad takes one rapidly northward into the countryside. The goal is Zimapán, in the state of Hidalgo. The original mineral in which vanadium was discovered was called plomo pardo de Zimapán (brownish-gray lead of Zimapan). The modern name of the mineral is vanadinite, Pb5(VO4)3Cl.