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Brazil, Minas Gerais
Ouro Preto, MG
Gold-rush streets and streams
Riverbank Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: eyes-only: colonial mining streets, Chico Rei mine tour.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Vila Rica, epicenter of the Brazilian gold rush: 800 tons of gold officially shipped to Portugal in the 18th century, UNESCO listed 1980
UNESCO and Wikipedia document the 1698 founding, gold output and national-monument status; imperial topaz occurs only in this district
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Very steep slick cobbled streetsAltitude around 1,100 m
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