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Buriticá gold district

Gold ground Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: sulfides.

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

Why this spot

High grade vein system mined since colonial times, now a major underground operation ringed by informal digging

Documented gold district in Colombian mining coverage.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

armed actors, unstable workings

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