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Gold in Placer County, California

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 1,159 gold occurrences in Placer County — 537 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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Placer County by the numbers

1,159recorded gold occurrences
537past & active gold producers
294recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

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

SiteStatusType
Rising SunPast producer
AlabamaPast producer
Pioneer MinePast producer
88 QuartzPast producer
AdamsPast producer
Adams PitProducer
AlamedaPast producer
Algol Mine Argall?Past producervein
Alta MineProducer
AltamontePast producerplacer
American BarPast producer
American Bar QuartzPast producer
American EaglePast producer
American Eagle MinePast producer
American HillPast producer
Annie LauriePast producer
Ard BellPast producerplacer
Arkansas TravelerPast producer
AuburnPast producer
Auburn PacificPast producer
Australian MinePast producer
Azalea ProspectPast producer
B and VPast producerplacer
Bake Oven PlacerProducerplacer
Baker DivideProducer
Bald MountainPast producer
BaltimoreProducer
BartleyPast producer
Barton Drift MineProducer
BaverPast producer

Showing the top 30 of 1,159 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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