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Gold in Malheur County, Oregon

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 179 gold occurrences in Malheur County — 55 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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Malheur County by the numbers

179recorded gold occurrences
55past & active gold producers
12recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

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

SiteStatusType
Basin Creek SiteProducer
Amelia Placer AreaPast producer
BannockPast producer
Big RedPast producer
Black EaglePast producer
Boulder Placer ClaimProducerplacer
Buck Mountain-SouthPast producer
Colt PlacerPast producer
Colt Placer PropertyPast producerplacer
Deer ButtePast producer
Duncan SitePast producer
Eldorado Placer AreaPast producer
Gold MinePast producer
Golden EaglePast producervein
Golden Eagle MinePast producer
Goldfinger SitePast producer
Harper BasinPast producer
Humboldt MinePast producer
KrbPast producer
Lucky GPast producer
Malheur City PlacersPast producerplacer
Malhuer-Willow CreekPast producerplacer
Mammoth GroupPast producer
Mormon Basin PlacerProducerplacer
Mormon Basin PlacersPast producerplacer
NoahPast producer
Quartz Mtn BasinPast producer
Red, White and BluePast producer
Sagebrush GulchPast producer
Sand HollowPast producer

Showing the top 30 of 179 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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