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La Paz, La Paz Department

Mapiri gold district

Gold ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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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

Placer and paleoplacer gold along the Mapiri river north of the Tipuani belt

Documented gold district in Bolivian records.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote jungle rivers

Keep exploring nearby

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