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Costa Rica, Puntarenas Province

Osa Peninsula Placer Gold, Costa Rica

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: alluvial placer gold

Historically documented placer-gold streams on the Osa Peninsula.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Rainforest, rivers, wildlife, remote

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