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Amazonas, Mato Grosso

Eldorado do Juma garimpo

Gold ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

Rainforest gold rush of 2006 on the Juma drainage near Apuí

The rush and continuing garimpo are documented in Amazon mining coverage.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

malaria, remoteness, lawlessness

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