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Costa Rica, Guanacaste Province

Abangares Gold District, Costa Rica

Mineral locality Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
GoldGold

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: epithermal/placer gold

Historic gold-mining district with documented workings; specimen data limited.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Old workings, tropical terrain

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