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Gold in Elmore County, Idaho

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 125 gold occurrences in Elmore County — 70 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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Elmore County by the numbers

125recorded gold occurrences
70past & active gold producers
25recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

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

SiteStatusType
Ada Elmore LodePast producer—
Vishnu MinePast producer—
Confederate Star MinePast producer—
Monarch MinePast producer—
Ophir MinePast producer—
Wide West MinePast producer—
Ajax MinePast producer—
Baltimore MinePast producer—
Bird Claim GroupPast producer—
Bone Parte MinePast producer—
BonepartePast producer—
Bonnie Anna MinePast producervein
Bosie RochesterPast producer—
Bowerman MinePast producer—
Clifton BellPast producer—
Commonwealth MinePast producer—
Daley Consolidated MinePast producer—
ElmorePast producer—
Empire MinePast producer—
Franklin MinePast producer—
Gold Bug ClaimPast producer—
Golden StingerPast producer—
Greenback MinePast producer—
Greenwalt PlacerPast producerplacer
Hercules MinePast producer—
Idaho BonanzaProducerplacer
Idaho Gold Chief ProspectPast producer—
Idaho Gold MinePast producer—
Independence MinePast producer—
Jacobs MinePast producer—

Showing the top 30 of 125 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: