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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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Learn the method

The dots are the record. The method is how you read them: