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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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Learn the method

The dots are the record. The method is how you read them: