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Gold in Wallowa County, Oregon

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 47 gold occurrences in Wallowa County — 6 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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Wallowa County by the numbers

47recorded gold occurrences
6past & active gold producers
13recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

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

SiteStatusType
Hominy Creek PlacerPast producerplacer
Imnaha MinePast producer
Temperance Creek PlacerPast producerplacer
Temperance PlacerPast producerplacer
Yellowbird GroupPast producer
Armstrong Group PlacersProspectplacer
Banner GroupProspect
Chalco ProspectProspect
Cold Springs Contact ProspectProspect
Copper CanyonOccurrence
Copper Canyon ProspectProspect
Deep Creek ProspectsUnknown
Discovery ProspectProspect
Donnelly GroupProspect
Dug Creek ProspectUnknown
Electrolytic MineProspect
Evening StarOccurrencevein
Gillespie ProspectProspect
Gold Nugget ProspectProspect
Grandview ProspectProspect
Great Northern MineProspect
Imnaha PlacersOccurrenceplacer
Louis Scholls ProspectProspect
Mountain TopOccurrence
Mountain Top ProspectProspect
North SlopeOccurrence
North Slope ProspectProspect
Old Time ProspectProspect
OverlookOccurrence
Overlook ProspectProspect

Showing the top 30 of 47 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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