The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 52 gold occurrences in Monterey County — 22 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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Producers first, then prospects and occurrences — each links into the live map of that exact ground:
| Site | Status | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Ajax | Past producer | — |
| Alice Quartz | Past producer | — |
| Bauman Claims | Past producer | — |
| Bushnell Mine | Past producer | — |
| Cholame Grant | Past producer | placer |
| Cool Springs | Past producer | — |
| Goodrich | Past producer | — |
| Gorda | Past producer | — |
| Grizzly Mine | Past producer | — |
| Humbug | Past producer | placer |
| Logwood | Past producer | — |
| Los Burros | Past producer | — |
| Lucky Jim Placer | Past producer | placer |
| Lucky Moe | Past producer | — |
| Mariposa Mine | Past producer | — |
| Mary S Extension | Past producer | — |
| New York Mine | Past producer | — |
| Old Man of the Mountains | Past producer | — |
| Plaskett Placer Deposit | Past producer | placer |
| Plaskette Mine | Past producer | — |
| Rocky Bar | Past producer | placer |
| Spruce Creek Placer Deposits | Past producer | placer |
| Ancona Mine | Prospect | — |
| Balck Crystal | Prospect | — |
| Benn and Smith Claims | Prospect | placer |
| Blue Jay No. 1 | Prospect | — |
| Brooklyn | Prospect | — |
| Calizona | Prospect | placer |
| Charleston | Prospect | — |
| Condor Group | Prospect | — |
Showing the top 30 of 52 recorded gold occurrences — every one is on the live map.
The free map shows every dot above. Membership opens the layers that turn dots into a plan — favorability at working zoom, active claims, land ownership, geology and the creeks that drain the known sources. The first 7 days are free.
The dots are the record. The method is how you read them: