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Minas Gerais
Sabará gold panning reaches
Gold ground Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Crystals and mineralsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Colonial gold town on the Rio das Velhas where bateia panning has been practiced since the 1690s
Cradle of the Minas gold rush, documented in every account of the region.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
polluted water
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.