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New Zealand, Otago
Shotover River, Otago, New Zealand
Mineral locality Inferred from historyLegal to collect
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
Rockhounding locality: alluvial gold
Historically one of the world's richest gold-bearing rivers, extensively documented in NZ gold history.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Fast cold water, gorge terrain
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