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Gold in Ventura County, California

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 56 gold occurrences in Ventura County — 12 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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Ventura County by the numbers

56recorded gold occurrences
12past & 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
Bear Number OnePast producerplacer
Brown MinePast producer—
Castac MinePast producer—
Cic PlacerPast producerplacer
Esperanza MinePast producer—
Frazier MinePast producer—
Long Dave MinePast producer—
Maule MinesPast producer—
Montecito Gravel & Quartz Co.Past producerplacer
Red Rock ClaimsPast producer—
San Guillermo CreekPast producerplacer
Sanguillermo Creek ProspectPast producerplacer
Arastra Flat Group of ClaimsProspect—
Big Four Group of ClaimsOccurrence—
Chalker MineProspect—
Cic ProspectProspectplacer
Denver MineProspect—
Dom Bosco ProspectProspect—
Gold Dust MineProspect—
Gold Hill ProspectsProspect—
Golden Bloom Group of ClaimsUnknown—
Good Luck MineProspect—
Hidden Value ProspectProspect—
Jewel MineProspect—
Old Irish Republic ProspectProspect—
Oro Fino & Golden EraProspect—
Strongwill No. 1Prospectplacer
Summerville MineOccurrence—
Trail CanyonProspect—
Unanmed ProspectProspect—

Showing the top 30 of 56 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: