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Gold in Yuba County, California

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 121 gold occurrences in Yuba County — 36 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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Yuba County by the numbers

121recorded gold occurrences
36past & active gold producers
38recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

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

SiteStatusType
Yuba River DistrictProducerplacer
Baiton HillPast producerplacer
Big ChiefPast producerplacer
Big RockPast producerplacer
Browns Valley DistrictPast producerhydrothermal vein
Browns Valley-SmartvilleProducer
Brownsville-Challenge-DobbinsProducer
BuckhornPast producerplacer
ButzPast producerplacer
Cherry HillPast producerplacer
Deadmans GulchPast producerplacer
Depot HillPast producerplacer
Eagle DellePast producer
FayPast producerplacer
Freemans CrossingPast producerplacer
Garden ValleyPast producerplacer
GeerPast producerplacer
Hammonton DistrictProducerplacer
Horse ShoePast producervein
La BadiePast producerplacer
Little Red BearPast producerplacer
MammothPast producerplacer
Marilyn DredgePast producerplacer
NevartPast producerplacer
Oak ValleyPast producerplacer
Old TumbactooPast producerplacer
OphirPast producerplacer
OversightPast producerplacer
Paquette PropertyPast producerplacer
RippyPast producerplacer

Showing the top 30 of 121 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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