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Rockhounding in More of South America
116 researched sites, each with an access tier, evidence tier and site history.
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- Aguas Claras / Pancas aquamarine · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Alhué gold district · gold · Restricted
- Amazon (Iquitos) / Peru amber occurrences · amber · Gray area
- Andacollo gold district, Neuquén · gold · Permission required
- Arroyo del Vizcaíno megafauna site · fossil · Restricted
- Artigas amethyst · crystal · Prohibited / view only
- Artigas, Uruguay · geode · Permission required
- Auca Mahuevo titanosaur nesting site · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Barra de Sao Francisco pegmatites · crystal · Prohibited / view only
- Benzdorp and Lawa goldfields · gold · Permission required
- Buriticá gold district · gold · Restricted
- Cal Orcko dinosaur trackway, Sucre · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- California and Vetas gold district · gold · Permission required
- Campo del Cielo meteorite field · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Campos Verdes / Santa Terezinha emerald · gem · Permission required
- Catalan Chico amethyst mines · crystal · Prohibited / view only
- Catalán agate & amethyst zone · agate · Permission required
- Catalán, Uruguay · geode · Permission required
- Cerrejón fossil coal pits · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Cerro Ballena / desert megalodon sites (Ica-Nazca) · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Cerro Blanco pegmatites (Córdoba) · gem · Gray area
- Cerro Sapo sodalite deposit · mineral · Restricted
- Chile Chico agate ground · agate · Gray area
- Chordeleg and Sígsig gold country · gold · Gray area
- Condoto platinum placers · gold · Permission required
- Coscuez, Colombia · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Cristalina quartz mines · crystal · Gray area
- Cumaru garimpo district · gold · Permission required
- El Callao / Km 88 gold (Guayana) · gold · Prohibited / view only
- El Callao gold district · gold · Gray area
- El Teniente copper mine · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Eldorado do Juma garimpo · gold · Permission required
- Gachala emerald mine · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Gachalá emerald area · gem · Restricted
- Gachalá, Colombia · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Gurupi gold belt · gold · Permission required
- Hualgayoc mining district · mineral · Permission required
- Huantajaya silver ruins · mineral · Gray area
- Huanzala Mine · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Huanzala mine, Huallanca · crystal · Prohibited / view only
- Huanzalá mine · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Iquique / Atacama nitrate fields (caliche) · mineral · Gray area
- Itaboraí basin fossil park · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Itaguaçu aquamarine district · crystal · Permission required
- Jacupiranga carbonatite quarry, Cajati · mineral · Restricted
- Junco do Serido pegmatite (Paraiba/RN) · crystal · Prohibited / view only
- Kami tungsten district · mineral · Permission required
- La Carolina gold town · gold · Licensed / permit
- La Rinconada and Ananea gold · gold · Permission required
- Las Tapias beryl pegmatite · crystal · Permission required
- Lauro Muller / Santa Catarina amethyst · crystal · Prohibited / view only
- Los Cóndores tungsten mine · mineral · Permission required
- Lourenço gold district, Calçoene · gold · Permission required
- Macas Region, Ecuador · mineral · Gray area
- Madre de Dios alluvial gold (Amazon) · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Mafra Permian fossil site · fossil · Restricted
- Mahdia gold and diamond field · gold · Licensed / permit
- Marmato gold mountain · gold · Permission required
- Marudi Mountain goldfield · gold · Licensed / permit
- Merian gold mine area · gold · Restricted
- Mina Ojo de Agua fluorite, San Luis · mineral · Gray area
- Minas de Corrales gold district · gold · Restricted
- Monkey Mountain diamond and gold area · gem · Licensed / permit
- Morococha / Yauli mining district · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Nambija gold canyon · gold · Permission required
- Neuquen dinosaur beds (Plaza Huincul / Villa El Chocon) · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Niquelandia mineral occurrences · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Ocucaje / Pisco Formation whale desert (Ica) · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Oruro silver-tin district · mineral · Restricted
- Oruro tin-silver mines (San Jose) · mineral · Gray area
- Ourinhos / Parana basin agate (SP) · agate · Gray area
- Pasto Bueno mineral mines · mineral · Restricted
- Patagonia dinosaur badlands (Neuquen, Plaza Huincul) · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Pedro II opal mines · opal · Prohibited / view only
- Pedro II opal mines · opal · Permission required
- Petorca gold district · gold · Permission required
- Peñas Blancas, Colombia · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Playa de Oro river placers · gold · Permission required
- Ponce Enríquez gold district · gold · Permission required
- Poopó tin and silver district · mineral · Permission required
- Portovelo-Zaruma gold district · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Potaro River diamond gravels · gem · Licensed / permit
- Presidente Figueiredo / Amazonas quartz-fluorite · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Quincemil gold placers · gold · Permission required
- Quinchía gold district · gold · Permission required
- Quiriquina Island fossil beds · fossil · Restricted
- Raura mine, Lima/Huanuco border · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Rondonia tin province (Ariquemes / Bom Futuro) · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Rosebel gold mine area · gold · Restricted
- Salto agate area · agate · Permission required
- Salto amethyst-agate (northern belt) · agate · Prohibited / view only
- San Cristobal mine, Junin · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- San Cristóbal mine, Nor Lípez · mineral · Restricted
- San Rafael tin mine · mineral · Restricted
- San Vicente silver mine · mineral · Restricted
- Santander copal / Colombian amber · amber · Gray area
- Sao Jose da Batalha (Paraiba tourmaline), Salgadinho · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Sarakreek gold district · gold · Permission required
- Segovia-Remedios gold district (Antioquia) · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Serra do Navio manganese mine · mineral · Gray area
- Serra do Tepequém diamond gravels · gem · Gray area
- Serranía de San Lucas goldfields · gold · Permission required
- Sierra de Cordoba pegmatites · crystal · Gray area
- Tacuarembo agate-amethyst · agate · Prohibited / view only
- Tibagi diamond and quartz (Parana) · crystal · Gray area
- Toquepala copper mine, Tacna · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Torotoro dinosaur trackways · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Uchucchacua mine · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Uchucchacua mine, Oyon · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Wanda gem mines · gem · Permission required
- Wanda mines · crystal · Permission required
- Wanda mines (agate/amethyst), Misiones · agate · Permission required
- Yauricocha copper mine · mineral · Restricted
- Zaruma gold-mining town · gold · Restricted
- Zaruma-Portovelo, Ecuador · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Zipaquirá salt mine · mineral · Licensed / permit