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La Paz, La Paz Department

Tipuani gold valley

Gold ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

Fabled Yungas placer valley mined from Inca times, deep gravels worked by cooperatives

Documented placer goldfield in Bolivian mining history.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

landslides, river floods

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More spots in this area.

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