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Gold in Grant County, Oregon

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 586 gold occurrences in Grant County — 217 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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Grant County by the numbers

586recorded gold occurrences
217past & active gold producers
126recorded 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—
Alpine GroupPast producervein
Badger GroupPast producer—
Beaver States 1-2Past producer—
Ben HarrisonPast producer—
Bi Metallic GroupPast producer—
Big CreekPast producer—
Black ButtePast producer—
Black JackPast producervein
Black Jack GroupPast producer—
Blackwell PlacerProducerplacer
Blue BirdPast producer—
Blue Ribbon MinePast producer—
Boulder Creek PlacerPast producerplacer
Brown BearPast producer—
Btr 1-6Producerplacer
Buck Gulch PlacerPast producer—
BuffaloPast producerplacer
CaledoniaPast producerplacer
California MinePast producer—
Canyon City PlacersProducerplacer
Canyon CreekPast producer—
Canyon Mountain MinePast producervein
Carbonate MinePast producer—
Carrie NationPast producer—
Central MinePast producer—
ChattanoogaPast producer—
Compton MineProducer—
Continental MinePast producer—
CougarProducervein

Showing the top 30 of 586 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: