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El Oro

Portovelo-Zaruma gold district

Gold ground Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
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

Epithermal veins

Zaruma-Portovelo is Ecuador's classic gold district

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