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Mato Grosso

Peixoto de Azevedo gold region

Gold ground Documented sitePermission required
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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

Heart of the Alta Floresta gold province, scene of huge 1980s garimpo rushes

Documented gold province in Amazonian mining literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

malaria, mercury

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