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Minas Gerais

Ouro Preto / Passagem de Mariana gold mine

Gold ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

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

Why this spot

Precambrian gold veins

Mina da Passagem near Ouro Preto is a tourable historic gold mine

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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