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Puntarenas, Puntarenas Province

Miramar gold district (Montes de Oro)

Gold ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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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

Vein gold in the Tilaran range foothills, worked from the 1890s including the Bellavista mine

Documented district in Costa Rican mining history.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

landslide-prone workings

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