Everything below comes straight from the federal record (USGS MRDS) — every documented gold occurrence, prospect and producer in Utah, mapped and readable for free. Not the famous names retold: the actual filed records, including the quiet ground between the famous districts.
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Principal recorded commodities: Sand and Gravel, Construction (3,860) · Uranium (2,451) · Copper (723) · Uranium, Vanadium (501) · Iron (494) · Gold (391).
The counties with the most recorded gold occurrences — each links into the live map of that ground (claims, creeks, roads and geology on):
| County | Gold records | Producers |
|---|---|---|
| Tooele County | 119 | 61 |
| Salt Lake County | 50 | 37 |
| Juab County | 48 | 40 |
| Beaver County | 23 | 15 |
| Summit County | 18 | 15 |
| Grand County | 18 | 2 |
| Piute County | 18 | 16 |
| Iron County | 16 | 15 |
| Millard County | 15 | 9 |
| Garfield County | 12 | 9 |
Sites the federal record lists with medium or large production — proven ground worth a careful, legal look at the country around it:
| Site | County | Status | Recorded size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercur Mining District | Tooele | Past Producer | Large |
| Sunshine Mine South | Tooele | Past Producer | Large |
| Annie Laurie Mine | Piute | Past Producer | Medium |
| Cardiff Mine | Salt Lake | Past Producer | Medium |
| Cedar-Talisman Mine | Beaver | Past Producer | Medium |
| Centennial Eureka Mine | Juab | Past Producer | Medium |
| Centennial Eureka Mine | Juab | Past Producer | Medium |
| Century-Susannah Mines | Box Elder | Past Producer | Medium |
The free map shows every dot above. The $5 spot report reads one spot in depth — gold sources, drainage, geology, access and an expert read — and includes a 7-day pass to every member layer. No account needed.