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Amapá, Guyane

Lourenço gold district, Calçoene

Gold ground Documented sitePermission required

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

Century old gold district in the Guiana Shield forests of northern Amapá

Documented gold district in Amapá mining history.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

malaria, remoteness

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