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Rivera, Rivera Department

Minas de Corrales gold district

Gold ground Documented siteRestricted

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

Uruguays main goldfield, worked since the 1860s with a modern open pit era

Documented gold district in Uruguayan geology.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open pits

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