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Azuay

Chordeleg and Sígsig gold country

Gold ground Documented siteGray area

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

Valley towns famous for pre Columbian gold and a living jewelry craft, with placers on the Santa Bárbara river

Documented historic gold working area in Ecuadorian records.

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