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Jacobina area quartz and gold

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Proterozoic conglomerate

Jacobina hosts a Witwatersrand-style conglomerate gold deposit

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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