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Gold in Sierra County, New Mexico

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 107 gold occurrences in Sierra County — 45 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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Sierra County by the numbers

107recorded gold occurrences
45past & active gold producers
15recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

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

SiteStatusType
Las Animas PlacersProducerplacer
Andy JohnsonPast producer—
BigelowProducer—
Black Knife Group 1880'sProducer—
Blackeyed SusanPast producer—
Brush HeapPast producer—
BullionPast producer—
Calamity JaneProducer—
CaledoniaPast producer—
CincinnatiPast producer—
ClimaxPast producer—
Dutch GulchPast producerplacer
EmpirePast producer—
Empire Mine 1900'sPast producer—
Fullerton Claim 1900'sPast producer—
General JacksonPast producer—
Gold Dust PlacersPast producerplacer
Grey Eagle Mine 1880'sProducer—
GypsyPast producer—
HomestakePast producer—
Homestake-Tripp MinePast producer—
IllinoisPast producer—
Illinois Mine 1880'sProducer—
Iron KingPast producer—
KangarooPast producer—
Kingston DistrictPast producerreplacement
Lady FranklinPast producer—
LuxemburgPast producerplacer
MatchlessPast producer—
McKinleyPast producer—

Showing the top 30 of 107 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: