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Gold in Nevada — the public record, read

Everything below comes straight from the federal record (USGS MRDS) — every documented gold occurrence, prospect and producer in Nevada, mapped and readable for free. Not the famous names retold: the actual filed records, including the quiet ground between the famous districts.

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Nevada by the numbers

4,800recorded gold occurrences
2,360past & active gold producers
321recorded as placer ground
15,408mineral records of all kinds

Principal recorded commodities: Gold (4,800) · Silver (3,238) · Copper (1,252) · Tungsten (1,009) · Gold, Silver (802) · Lead (696).

Where to find gold in Nevada — county by county

The counties with the most recorded gold occurrences — each links to its own page and into the live map of that ground (claims, creeks, roads and geology on):

CountyGold recordsProducers
Nye County map →839336
Esmeralda County map →607218
Pershing County map →586287
Elko County map →557311
Lander County map →386302
Humboldt County map →381157
Mineral County map →218163
Clark County map →205105
Churchill County map →17975
White Pine County map →178114

Recorded medium & large producers

Sites the federal record lists with medium or large production — proven ground worth a careful, legal look at the country around it:

SiteCountyStatusRecorded size
Battle Mountain DistrictLanderProducerLarge
Chimney Creek MineHumboldtProducerLarge
Chukar Footwall MineEurekaProducerLarge
Deep Post MineEurekaProducerLarge
Ely District (Robinson)White PineProducerLarge
Eureka District-NevadaEurekaProducerLarge
Geddes & Bertrand MineEurekaProducerLarge
Gold Quarry MineEurekaProducerLarge

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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Gold by state

Learn the method

The dots are the record. The method is how you read them: