The kingman gold maps cover a vast area from kingman arizona to boulder city nevada to goldsprings california. The closest city to gold canyon is apache junction.
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Gold in arizona map
. This area now lies beneath lake mohave about 4 miles north of the davis dam. The population was 6 029 at the 2000 census. Gold canyon is a census designated place cdp in pinal county arizona united states. With the exception of a few counties generally there are good amounts of gold throughout the entire state.This is a great simple map of gold locations in arizona. Moderately coarse gold was recovered from a bench near the river about two miles north of pyramid rock. Gold mining equipment gold map gold gold garrett metal detectors magnet fishing panning for gold finding treasure gold prospecting rock hunting. Those mine files and geologic maps are freely available to all.
Gold placers and placering in arizona was revised in 1961 by e d. Of those abandoned claims 303 361 are lode and 61 268 are placer. There are many gold sites located around the old and historical mining town of oatman arizona. Wilson who had more than 40 years geologic experience in arizona and reprinted in 1988.
A collection of 5 large maps covering the entire state of arizona. The last big gold mine to operate in arizona was gold road located at oatman which ceased operation in 1998. Sometimes the river itself is not the best place to look the creeks and washes around the river can have even higher concentrations of gold. This shows the old mining towns of cerbat katherine oatman goldroad and the fort mohave site.
The rise of arizona gold mines started in 1774 and the state has produced 17 million troy ounces 498 tons of gold so far. Arizona is one of the most popular state in the us for gold prospecting. The rivers and creeks listed below flow through gold bearing areas. Arizona gold map there are several good places to find gold especially near rivers.
These maps show gold and silver prospecting areas and locations where the following gems and minerals have been found. The climate attract prospectors during the. The town name is not recognized on weather statements issued by the national weather service. Finely distributed gold contained the sand bars opposite el dorado canyon on the arizona side of the colorado river.
I would concentrate in yavapai county if you are interested in finding color. Arizona gold mines and districts. An overview of gold mining in arizona. Our arizona gold maps show there are currently 46 199 active gold claims and 364 629 abandoned claims in the state on public lands.
The gold deposits are also very widespread. The community is sometimes incorrectly called gold camp. However explorations are still active today and gold still can be found as a. More than 6 800 geologic and mine maps and 6 000 images.
Of those active claims 39 478 are lode claims and 6 721 are placer claims.
