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Pueblo Viejo gold mine

Gold ground Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: sphalerite.

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

Why this spot

Giant oxide and sulfide gold deposit worked by Taino and colonial miners and now one of the world's largest gold mines

Extensively documented in mining industry literature.

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