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Gold in Beaverhead County, Montana

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 216 gold occurrences in Beaverhead County — 88 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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Beaverhead County by the numbers

216recorded gold occurrences
88past & active gold producers
48recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

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

SiteStatusType
Ajax MinePast producer—
Aurora MinePast producervein
BannackPast producerplacer
Bannock PlacerPast producerplacer
Big Four MinePast producer—
Birch Creek PlacerPast producerplacer
Boaz MinePast producer—
Capital MinePast producervein
Carbonate MinePast producer—
Cleve-AvonPast producer—
Cleve-Avon GroupProducerreplacement
Cold Spring PlacerPast producerplacer
Copper Bell MinePast producer—
Cow Creek PlacerPast producerplacer
Darkhorse Cr. PlacerPast producerplacer
Davis Syndicate PlacerPast producerplacer
Dyce Creek PlacerPast producerplacer
Eight BallPast producer—
Ermont GroupPast producer—
Ermont No 2 MinePast producer—
Excelsior MinePast producer—
Faithful MinePast producervein
Ferdinand MinePast producer—
Fraction MinePast producer—
Franklin MinePast producer—
French and Watson GulchesProducerplacer
Frying Pan Basin PlacerPast producerplacer
Gold Bug & Blue Grass ClaimsPast producer—
Gold Coin MinePast producervein
Golden Leaf MinePast producer—

Showing the top 30 of 216 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: