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Gold in Maricopa County, Arizona

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 115 gold occurrences in Maricopa County — 52 of them past or active producers. Below is that record, readable: the documented sites, and the live map that puts claims, creeks, roads and geology under every one of them.

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Maricopa County by the numbers

115recorded gold occurrences
52past & active gold producers
16recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

Producers first, then prospects and occurrences — each links into the live map of that exact ground:

SiteStatusType
Vulture PlacersPast producerplacer
A. B. Bell MineProducer—
Agua Fria PlacersProducerplacer
AltudaPast producer—
Big HornPast producer—
Big Horn Mountains PlacersPast producer—
Cave Creek District PlacersProducerplacer
ClementinePast producer—
Copper TopPast producer—
Copper Top MinePast producerunknown
Cora MinePast producervein
Daisy MinePast producer—
Delta MinePast producervein
El TigrePast producer—
El Tigre MinePast producer—
Fourth of July PeakPast producerplacer
Gold NuggetPast producer—
Gold Reef MinePast producervein
GoldenPast producer—
Hillside MinePast producer—
Indian Claim MS 3886Past producer—
Jack White MinePast producervein
Keystone No. 1-4Producer—
LotowanaPast producerplacer
Lucky CussPast producer—
Lucky GusPast producer—
Maricopa MinePast producer—
Mex HillPast producer—
Morgan Wash MinePast producerplacer
Morning StarPast producer—

Showing the top 30 of 115 recorded gold occurrences — every one is on the live map.

What this can — and can't — tell you

The public record shows where gold was documented, claimed and produced. It cannot tell you what's left, whether a specific creek still carries color, or that any spot will pay. What it CAN do is stack the odds: known sources upslope, the creeks that drain them, what's already claimed, and the bedrock — read together. Always verify claim status with BLM and land rules before you dig. Information, not advice.

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Learn the method

The dots are the record. The method is how you read them: