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Gold in Ada County, Idaho

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 35 gold occurrences in Ada County — 20 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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Ada County by the numbers

35recorded gold occurrences
20past & active gold producers
5recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

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

SiteStatusType
Adelmann GroupPast producervein
Big Giant MinePast producervein
Black Hornet DistrictProducerquartz veins
Black Hornet MinePast producervein
Paymaster MinePast producervein
Five Mile Creek-Shaw Mountain BeltPast producer
Gold PlacerPast producerplacer
Golden Star GroupPast producer
Keltic Gold MinePast producervein
Last Chance MinePast producervein
Last Hope MinePast producervein
Lubkin MinePast producervein
Morning Star MinePast producervein
North Star MinePast producervein
Picket Pin MinePast producervein
QueenPast producer
Rising Sun MinePast producervein
ScorpionPast producer
Snake River PlacersPast producerplacer
Twentieth Century MinePast producervein
BadgerProspect
BlizzardUnknown
DaisyProspect
Dry Creek PlacersUnknownplacer
ElevatorProspect
Equitable GroupProspect
First ChanceProspect
Free GoldProspect
Golden EagleOccurrence
HattieProspect

Showing the top 30 of 35 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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