rockhounding
More of South America
119 researched sites6 legal to collect
Aguas Claras / Pancas aquamarineGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Alhué gold districtGold ground · Restricted
›Amazon (Iquitos) / Peru amber occurrencesAmber shore · Gray area
›Andacollo gold district, NeuquénGold ground · Permission required
›Arroyo del Vizcaíno megafauna siteFossil site · Restricted
›Artigas amethystCrystal locality · Prohibited, look only
›Artigas, UruguayGeode bed · Permission required
›Auca Mahuevo titanosaur nesting siteFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Barra de Sao Francisco pegmatitesCrystal locality · Prohibited, look only
›Benzdorp and Lawa goldfieldsGold ground · Permission required
›Buriticá gold districtGold ground · Restricted
›Cal Orcko dinosaur trackway, SucreFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›California and Vetas gold districtGold ground · Permission required
›Camet Norte cliffs, north Mar del PlataFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Campo del Cielo meteorite fieldMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Campos Verdes / Santa Terezinha emeraldGem locality · Permission required
›Catalan Chico amethyst minesCrystal locality · Prohibited, look only
›Catalán agate & amethyst zoneAgate beach or gravel · Permission required
›Catalán, UruguayGeode bed · Permission required
›Cerrejón fossil coal pitsFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Cerro Ballena / desert megalodon sites (Ica-Nazca)Fossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Cerro Blanco pegmatites (Córdoba)Gem locality · Gray area
›Cerro Sapo sodalite depositMineral locality · Restricted
›Chapadmalal cliffs, Los Acantilados to Las BrusquitasFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Chile Chico agate groundAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Chordeleg and Sígsig gold countryGold ground · Gray area
›Condoto platinum placersGold ground · Permission required
›Coscuez, ColombiaGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Cristalina quartz minesCrystal locality · Gray area
›Cumaru garimpo districtGold ground · Permission required
›El Callao / Km 88 gold (Guayana)Gold ground · Prohibited, look only
›El Callao gold districtGold ground · Gray area
›El Teniente copper mineMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Eldorado do Juma garimpoGold ground · Permission required
›Gachala emerald mineGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Gachalá emerald areaGem locality · Restricted
›Gachalá, ColombiaGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Gurupi gold beltGold ground · Permission required
›Hualgayoc mining districtMineral locality · Permission required
›Huantajaya silver ruinsMineral locality · Gray area
›Huanzala MineMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Huanzala mine, HuallancaCrystal locality · Prohibited, look only
›Huanzalá mineMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Iquique / Atacama nitrate fields (caliche)Mineral locality · Gray area
›Itaboraí basin fossil parkFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Itaguaçu aquamarine districtCrystal locality · Permission required
›Jacupiranga carbonatite quarry, CajatiMineral locality · Restricted
›Junco do Serido pegmatite (Paraiba/RN)Crystal locality · Prohibited, look only
›Kami tungsten districtMineral locality · Permission required
›La Carolina gold townGold ground · Licence or permit
›La Rinconada and Ananea goldGold ground · Permission required
›Las Tapias beryl pegmatiteCrystal locality · Permission required
›Lauro Muller / Santa Catarina amethystCrystal locality · Prohibited, look only
›Los Cóndores tungsten mineMineral locality · Permission required
›Lourenço gold district, CalçoeneGold ground · Permission required
›Macas Region, EcuadorMineral locality · Gray area
›Madre de Dios alluvial gold (Amazon)Gold ground · Prohibited, look only
›Mafra Permian fossil siteFossil site · Restricted
›Mahdia gold and diamond fieldGold ground · Licence or permit
›Marmato gold mountainGold ground · Permission required
›Marudi Mountain goldfieldGold ground · Licence or permit
›Merian gold mine areaGold ground · Restricted
›Mina Ojo de Agua fluorite, San LuisMineral locality · Gray area
›Minas de Corrales gold districtGold ground · Restricted
›Miramar coast, Punta HermengoFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Monkey Mountain diamond and gold areaGem locality · Licence or permit
›Morococha / Yauli mining districtMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Nambija gold canyonGold ground · Permission required
›Neuquen dinosaur beds (Plaza Huincul / Villa El Chocon)Fossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Niquelandia mineral occurrencesMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Ocucaje / Pisco Formation whale desert (Ica)Fossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Oruro silver-tin districtMineral locality · Restricted
›Oruro tin-silver mines (San Jose)Mineral locality · Gray area
›Ourinhos / Parana basin agate (SP)Agate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Pasto Bueno mineral minesMineral locality · Restricted
›Patagonia dinosaur badlands (Neuquen, Plaza Huincul)Fossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Pedro II opal minesOpal field · Prohibited, look only
›Pedro II opal minesOpal field · Permission required
›Petorca gold districtGold ground · Permission required
›Peñas Blancas, ColombiaGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Playa de Oro river placersGold ground · Permission required
›Ponce Enríquez gold districtGold ground · Permission required
›Poopó tin and silver districtMineral locality · Permission required
›Portovelo-Zaruma gold districtGold ground · Prohibited, look only
›Potaro River diamond gravelsGem locality · Licence or permit
›Presidente Figueiredo / Amazonas quartz-fluoriteMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Quincemil gold placersGold ground · Permission required
›Quinchía gold districtGold ground · Permission required
›Quiriquina Island fossil bedsFossil site · Restricted
›Raura mine, Lima/Huanuco borderMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Rondonia tin province (Ariquemes / Bom Futuro)Mineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Rosebel gold mine areaGold ground · Restricted
›Salto agate areaAgate beach or gravel · Permission required
›Salto amethyst-agate (northern belt)Agate beach or gravel · Prohibited, look only
›San Cristobal mine, JuninMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›San Cristóbal mine, Nor LípezMineral locality · Restricted
›San Rafael tin mineMineral locality · Restricted
›San Vicente silver mineMineral locality · Restricted
›Santander copal / Colombian amberAmber shore · Gray area
›Sao Jose da Batalha (Paraiba tourmaline), SalgadinhoGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Sarakreek gold districtGold ground · Permission required
›Segovia-Remedios gold district (Antioquia)Gold ground · Prohibited, look only
›Serra do Navio manganese mineMineral locality · Gray area
›Serra do Tepequém diamond gravelsGem locality · Gray area
›Serranía de San Lucas goldfieldsGold ground · Permission required
›Sierra de Cordoba pegmatitesCrystal locality · Gray area
›Tacuarembo agate-amethystAgate beach or gravel · Prohibited, look only
›Tibagi diamond and quartz (Parana)Crystal locality · Gray area
›Toquepala copper mine, TacnaMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Torotoro dinosaur trackwaysFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Uchucchacua mineMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Uchucchacua mine, OyonMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Wanda gem minesGem locality · Permission required
›Wanda minesCrystal locality · Permission required
›Wanda mines (agate/amethyst), MisionesAgate beach or gravel · Permission required
›Yauricocha copper mineMineral locality · Restricted
›Zaruma gold-mining townGold ground · Restricted
›Zaruma-Portovelo, EcuadorMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Zipaquirá salt mineMineral locality · Licence or permit
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