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Guanacaste, Guanacaste Province

Libano de Tilaran gold area

Gold ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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

Why this spot

Gold veins of the Tilaran belt that supported a small mining settlement from the early 1900s

Documented in Costa Rican mining district records.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

overgrown shafts

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