Is it legal to collect at Pirenopolis, GO: Rio das Almas mining town?

Restricted. IPHAN-protected historic ensemble: eyes-only in the center and along the river through town; waterfall reserves on private land charge entry and prohibit collecting

What can you find at Pirenopolis, GO: Rio das Almas mining town?

eyes-only: Matriz do Rosario (1728), gold-era street grid, Rio das Almas banks worked by the first garimpo

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Brazil, Goiás

Pirenopolis, GO

Rio das Almas mining town

Riverbank Documented siteRestricted

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Gold

Also reported: eyes-only: Matriz do Rosario (1728), Rio das Almas banks worked by the first garimpo.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

1727 gold camp on the Rio das Almas, one of the four mining cores of colonial Goias, IPHAN-listed ensemble since 1989-1990

Wikipedia (en and pt) documents the 1727 gold founding on the Rio das Almas and the IPHAN tombamento of the 17-hectare historic ensemble

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

River rises fast after cerrado storms

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