The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 79 gold occurrences in Rio Arriba County — 19 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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Producers first, then prospects and occurrences — each links into the live map of that exact ground:
| Site | Status | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Abiquiu | Past producer | placer |
| Bromide | Past producer | — |
| Chama Placers | Past producer | placer |
| Croesus Mine | Past producer | — |
| Dixie Queen | Past producer | — |
| Duck | Past producer | — |
| Fairview | Past producer | placer |
| Headstone | Past producer | — |
| Hidden Treasure | Past producer | — |
| Hopewell | Past producer | — |
| Hopewell District | Past producer | placer |
| Jackpot Claim | Past producer | — |
| Jawbone-Iron Mtn Iron Formation | Past producer | — |
| Laura S | Past producer | — |
| Lower Flat Placer | Past producer | placer |
| Old Buckhorn | Past producer | — |
| Sixteen To One | Past producer | — |
| Strawberry | Past producer | — |
| White Deposit | Past producer | — |
| Admiral Group | Unknown | — |
| Arrastre Prospect | Prospect | — |
| Ashland Group | Prospect | — |
| Asiatic Group | Prospect | — |
| Badger | Occurrence | — |
| Big Ida Prospect | Prospect | — |
| Big Sandy | Occurrence | — |
| Billy Kennedy | Prospect | — |
| Black Hawk Claim | Prospect | — |
| Burbank Placer | Prospect | — |
| Butterfly | Unknown | — |
Showing the top 30 of 79 recorded gold occurrences — every one is on the live map.
The free map shows every dot above. Membership opens the layers that turn dots into a plan — favorability at working zoom, active claims, land ownership, geology and the creeks that drain the known sources. The first 7 days are free.
The dots are the record. The method is how you read them: