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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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