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Gold in Butte County, California

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 639 gold occurrences in Butte County — 265 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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Butte County by the numbers

639recorded gold occurrences
265past & active gold producers
123recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

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

SiteStatusType
Forbestown Consolidated Gold MinesPast producer—
Springer Consolidated MinePast producer—
American EaglePast producer—
AmoPast producerplacer
Annie MaePast producerplacer
ArlingtonPast producerplacer
BadgerPast producerplacer
BankerPast producerplacer
BannerProducer—
Banner MinePast producer—
BennettPast producerplacer
Berry CreekProducer—
Berry Creek MinePast producer—
Bessie MinePast producer—
Bidwell Bar DistrictPast producerplacer
Big BendPast producer—
Big Joe MinePast producer—
Bingstresser MinePast producer—
Bishop and Wells MinePast producer—
Black EaglePast producer—
Bloomer HillPast producer—
Bloomington MinePast producer—
Blue HogPast producer—
Blue JayPast producerplacer
Bluebird MinePast producer—
Bootjack GroupPast producer—
Boston QuartzPast producer—
Boulder Number 2Past producerplacer
BulldogPast producerplacer
Bullion MinePast producer—

Showing the top 30 of 639 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: