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Gold in Madera County, California

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 303 gold occurrences in Madera County — 164 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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Madera County by the numbers

303recorded gold occurrences
164past & active gold producers
46recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

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

SiteStatusType
Abbey MinePast producer—
Adobe RanchPast producer—
AlbionPast producer—
BachPast producer—
Baker Gold Mining CoPast producer—
BalfronPast producer—
BaltimorePast producer—
BazinetPast producer—
BellePast producer—
BelleviewPast producer—
BennettPast producerplacer
Berg PropertyPast producerplacer
Berg Suction DredgePast producerplacer
Bessie H.Past producer—
Big Ben and Big Ben No. 1 ClaimsPast producer—
Big StickPast producer—
Bimbo Ext. 5 and 6Past producer—
Blind OrphanPast producer—
BuckhornPast producer—
BullionPast producer—
Bully BoyPast producer—
Bully Boy GroupPast producer—
ButterflyPast producer—
CanadyPast producer—
CanaryPast producer—
CarolinePast producer—
Casaurang RanchPast producerplacer
Central No. 2Past producer—
Chalfant RanchPast producerplacer
ChipmunkPast producer—

Showing the top 30 of 303 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: