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Para, Pará
Serra Pelada gold (historic)
Gold ground Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
GoldAlso reported: now flooded.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Proterozoic, shear-hosted
Serra Pelada was the site of a massive 1980s manual gold rush
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