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Gold in San Diego County, California

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 291 gold occurrences in San Diego County — 136 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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San Diego County by the numbers

291recorded gold occurrences
136past & active gold producers
8recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

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

SiteStatusType
Ballena Placer DepositsPast producerplacer
Banner Horseshore ProspectProducer
Black Eagle MineProducer
Black Mountain GroupPast producer
Boulder Creek GroupProducer
Carson Ranch Placer ClaimProducer
Chieftan MineProducer
Cincinnati Belle MineProducer
Cleveland-Pacific MinePast producer
Coleman Creek Placer DepositsProducerplacer
Crescent MineProducer
Descanso MinePast producer
Donohoe MineProducer
Eagle MineProducer
Eagle Nest MinePast producer
El Dorado ClaimPast producer
Elevada & Aguajito GroupProducer
Elevada and Aguajito GroupPast producer
Ella MineProducer
Ella Mine GroupPast producer
Empire Apex ClaimProducer
Gold Bellar # 1 & 4 ClaimsProducer
Gold Chief ClaimPast producerplacer
Gold Cross GroupProducer
Gold King GroupProducer
Gold Standard GroupPast producer
Golden ChariotProducer
Golden Chariot MinePast producer
Golden Gem GroupProducer
Golden Sugar MineProducer

Showing the top 30 of 291 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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