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Morro Velho gold mine

Morro Velho gold mine, Brazil, mining gold.

Why Morro Velho gold mine is famous

Wikidata lists Morro Velho as a Brazilian gold mine. The earlier agent judged the Wikidata point doubtful, so accuracy is set wide. No history was verified; see NOTES.md.1

Morro Velho gold mine today

Where gold is mined todayMining in Brazil

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Mines

An example ofSerra PeladaTwo Brazilian gold mines of different eras: Morro Velho and Serra Pelada.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q137925157 (Morro Velho Mine) Wikidata (CC0)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Super Pit, Kalgoorlie by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pictures: Mijnramp Bois du Caizier, Marcinelle, België. Schacht, Rossem, Wim van / Anefo / Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0); NASA's ASTER Shows Brazilian City After Dam Disaster, NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team (Public domain (NASA media, no copyright)).