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Valparaíso

Petorca gold district

Gold ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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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

Colonial era gold veins and washings in the dry Petorca valley

Documented historic gold district of central Chile.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

drought country

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