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Gold in El Dorado County, California

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 2,377 gold occurrences in El Dorado County — 522 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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El Dorado County by the numbers

2,377recorded gold occurrences
522past & active gold producers
708recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

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

SiteStatusType
AlhambraPast producer—
BeebePast producer—
Big CanyonPast producer—
Black OakPast producer—
BowerPast producer—
Georgia SlidePast producer—
Mount PleasantPast producer—
SligerPast producer—
TaylorPast producer—
UnionPast producer—
ZantgrafPast producer—
Adams GulchPast producer—
Admiral SchleyPast producer—
Alabama Express, Golden Rod & Gold DustPast producer—
AlbrightPast producer—
Alhambra Gold MinePast producer—
AlmoPast producer—
AlpinePast producer—
Arctic Arctic BearPast producer—
ArgonautPast producer—
ArmstrongPast producer—
AtlantaPast producer—
AtlanticPast producer—
Atlantic & Pacific ClaimPast producer—
Atlantic Gold MinePast producer—
BaldwinPast producer—
BalmacedaPast producer—
BalticPast producer—
BananzaPast producer—
BarbaraPast producer—

Showing the top 30 of 2,377 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: