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Gold in Santa Fe County, New Mexico

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 27 gold occurrences in Santa Fe County — 13 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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Santa Fe County by the numbers

27recorded gold occurrences
13past & active gold producers
9recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

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

SiteStatusType
Cunningham Hill MineProducer
BentonPast producer
Candelaria MinePast producervein
DoloresPast producerplacer
Golden PlacerPast producerplacer
Lucas MinePast producervein
New PlacersPast producerplacer
Old PlacersPast producerplacer
Old ReliablePast producer
Ortiz Open Pit MinePast producer
San Lazarus 1-4 ClaimsPast producer
Chora Canyon PlacerUnknownplacer
Colorado PlacerUnknownplacer
Gold StandardUnknown
Grant 1-3 ClaimsUnknown
Gypsy QueenUnknown
HummingbirdOccurrence
Live OakUnknown
Oro QuayUnknown
Ortiz ProjectPlant
San LazarusOccurrence
St LukeUnknown
St PaulUnknown
Sun Flower PlacerUnknownplacer
Yellow Pearl PlacerUnknownplacer

Showing the top 25 of 27 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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