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Paracatu Morro do Ouro gold

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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

Huge low grade gold deposit worked by garimpeiros from 1722 and by open pit since 1987

Long documented gold field in Brazilian mining history.

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