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Gold in Utah — the public record, read

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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Utah by the numbers

391recorded gold occurrences
260past & active gold producers
36recorded as placer ground
13,714mineral records of all kinds

Principal recorded commodities: Sand and Gravel, Construction (3,860) · Uranium (2,451) · Copper (723) · Uranium, Vanadium (501) · Iron (494) · Gold (391).

Where the gold records cluster

The counties with the most recorded gold occurrences — each links into the live map of that ground (claims, creeks, roads and geology on):

CountyGold recordsProducers
Tooele County11961
Salt Lake County5037
Juab County4840
Beaver County2315
Summit County1815
Grand County182
Piute County1816
Iron County1615
Millard County159
Garfield County129

Recorded medium & large producers

Sites the federal record lists with medium or large production — proven ground worth a careful, legal look at the country around it:

SiteCountyStatusRecorded size
Mercur Mining DistrictTooelePast ProducerLarge
Sunshine Mine SouthTooelePast ProducerLarge
Annie Laurie MinePiutePast ProducerMedium
Cardiff MineSalt LakePast ProducerMedium
Cedar-Talisman MineBeaverPast ProducerMedium
Centennial Eureka MineJuabPast ProducerMedium
Centennial Eureka MineJuabPast ProducerMedium
Century-Susannah MinesBox ElderPast ProducerMedium

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.

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.

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