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Brokopondo, Brokopondo District
Sarakreek gold district
Gold ground Documented sitePermission required
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
Gold creeks around the Brokopondo reservoir worked since the 1880s and busy with small scale miners
Documented goldfield in Surinamese mining records.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
malaria, mercury
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.