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Gold in Monterey County, California

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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Monterey County by the numbers

52recorded gold occurrences
22past & active gold producers
11recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

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

SiteStatusType
AjaxPast producer
Alice QuartzPast producer
Bauman ClaimsPast producer
Bushnell MinePast producer
Cholame GrantPast producerplacer
Cool SpringsPast producer
GoodrichPast producer
GordaPast producer
Grizzly MinePast producer
HumbugPast producerplacer
LogwoodPast producer
Los BurrosPast producer
Lucky Jim PlacerPast producerplacer
Lucky MoePast producer
Mariposa MinePast producer
Mary S ExtensionPast producer
New York MinePast producer
Old Man of the MountainsPast producer
Plaskett Placer DepositPast producerplacer
Plaskette MinePast producer
Rocky BarPast producerplacer
Spruce Creek Placer DepositsPast producerplacer
Ancona MineProspect
Balck CrystalProspect
Benn and Smith ClaimsProspectplacer
Blue Jay No. 1Prospect
BrooklynProspect
CalizonaProspectplacer
CharlestonProspect
Condor GroupProspect

Showing the top 30 of 52 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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