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Gold in Owyhee County, Idaho

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 140 gold occurrences in Owyhee County — 106 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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Owyhee County by the numbers

140recorded gold occurrences
106past & active gold producers
19recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

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

SiteStatusType
Black Jack-Trade Dollar MinePast producervein
Addie ConsolidatedPast producer—
Alter Creek Mining CoPast producer—
American Gold Dredging MinePast producerplacer
BannerPast producer—
Bay State GroupPast producer—
Black JackPast producer—
BoonevillePast producer—
BrowneyPast producer—
BrunzellPast producer—
Consolidated Mine & Dredge CoPast producer—
CosmopolitanPast producer—
Crescent MinePast producervein
Crown PointPast producer—
CumberlandPast producer—
DeLamar Mining Co., Sommercamp Adit No. 2Past producer—
Delamer PlacersPast producerplacer
DeweyPast producer—
Dough BoyPast producer—
Eddy-Conway-Eddy Mining & MillingPast producer—
EmpirePast producer—
Empire StatePast producer—
Frank E. Wilson RanchPast producerplacer
Gale Exploration & Mining CorpPast producer—
GarfieldPast producer—
Gold BugPast producer—
Gold Standard Mining CorpPast producer—
Golden ChariotPast producer—
Golden Crown MinePast producer—
Golden GatePast producer—

Showing the top 30 of 140 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

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