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Comayagua, Comayagua Department

Minas de Oro district

Gold ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
GoldGold

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

Why this spot

Gold veins that named this highland town, worked from colonial times with artisanal digging continuing

Documented in Honduran mining district records.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open shafts

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