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Passagem Gold Mine
is
located in betwen Ouro
Preto and Mariana.
This mine is
the only one open
for tourism in
Brazil. The
tour is made by trolley on a 315 meters ride, reaching 120 meters deep and
takes approximately 45 minutes. Nine
different
gallery levels
on a sixteen linear kilometers of extension. Besides gold, there is
copper sulfate, arsenic, pyrite,
iron ore and
turmanilite. Only 7
kilometers away from Ouro
Preto. |
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