Free Gold Maps

These maps mark the mine and prospect locations, on Google Maps, of mines in the MRDS that mentions the word "gold" in any of their COMMODITIES, and/or in the ORE field. Gold-processing facilities are also included, in case you wish to rob them. If the county or country you are interested in does not have a map already created, you may send a request to me at info@ freegoldmaps.com asking me to create a map for that county or country, and I will probably do so if I have the data. Also please note that MOST COUNTIES in the United States do not have any MRDS entry for a gold mine or prospect: states and/or counties not listed below have no matching GOLD records in the MRDS. These maps were computer-generated from the MRDS database and they have not been checked for accuracy. You might have to "zoom out" to see all of the markers in a county.

One may also download placemarker data for each county, to import into Google Earth, via my Google Earth Downloads Page. UPDATED February 3,2011

If there is demand for other minerals, I will make maps for them also.

This web site is donation-driven. If I do not receive enough donations, via PayPal, to cover the expense of this web site, I will take it down.

Desertphile
December 7, 2011

See the page at Prospecting for Gold in the United States.

There are many basic tools required to find and work mineral claims. The low-budget prospector only needs the three basics: a shovel, a bucket, and a gold pan (and a source of water) to get started; people who have been seized by the gold prospecting fever can end up buying, and perhaps even needing, equipment to work a prospect and turn it into a producing mine. To recover enough gold to make the labor worth doing, the three basics (above) are not enough. Some of the items used to recover gold are:

Classifiers, Screens and Sieves
Digging Tools - picks, rakes, shovels
Gold Pans and Gold Panning Kits
Dry Washers for desert areas
Highbankers (Power Sluice boxs)
Black Sand Concentrators
Hand Dredge
Rock Crusher / sample ore crusher
Crevice Tools

Snuffer Bottles
Miners Moss
Sluice Carpet Mat / ribbed vinyl matting
Metal detector
Face mask / dust mask
Digging Trowel
"Gold Cube" Concentrator
Automatic Gold Panners
Books on how to find gold

Form FM-2 "PLACER MINING CLAIM LOCATION NOTICE (CALIFORNIA):"

Other maps of interest:

The MRDS Database in Microsoft Access 97 format.

Database Explanation
Database Binary File

There is also a MRDS statistics page I have made for people who are interested in such things as how many records mention 'gold' per state and per county, and the guange (waste material) associated with gold.

Sweden All mentions of "Gold" in the MRDS
Australia All mentions of "Gold" in the MRDS

Alabama

Chilton 12,753 Bytes
Clay 36,411 Bytes
Cleburne 46,486 Bytes
Coosa 22,132 Bytes
Randolph 23,378 Bytes
Talladega 9,118 Bytes
Tallapoosa 55,794 Bytes

Alaska

Anchorage 6,159 Bytes
Bendeleben 6,141 Bytes
Bering Glacier 2,037 Bytes
Bethel 3,200 Bytes
Big Delta 5,574 Bytes
Bradfield Canal 9,643 Bytes
Candle 6,190 Bytes
Chandalar 5,554 Bytes
Charley River 7,936 Bytes
Chignik 2,022 Bytes
Circle 14,997 Bytes
Fairbanks 18,488 Bytes
Goodnews 4,984 Bytes
Gulkana 3,204 Bytes
Hagemeister Island 5,576 Bytes
Healy 11,427 Bytes
Holy Cross 2,037 Bytes
Icy Bay 2,025 Bytes
Iditarod 7,341 Bytes
Karluk 2,034 Bytes
Kenai 2,015 Bytes
Ketchikan 6,772 Bytes
Lime Hills 2,024 Bytes
Livengood 25,526 Bytes
Mc Carthy 2,025 Bytes
Medfra 4,368 Bytes
Mount Fairweather 2,041 Bytes
Nabesna 4,381 Bytes
Nome 32,230 Bytes
Norton Bay 2,619 Bytes
Nulato 2,023 Bytes
Ophir 7,902 Bytes
Petersburg 2,029 Bytes
Port Moller 7,287 Bytes
Russian Mission 8,555 Bytes
Selawik 2,024 Bytes
Seldovia 2,020 Bytes
Shungnak 3,227 Bytes
Skagway 7,313 Bytes
Sleetmute 2,037 Bytes
Solomon 12,014 Bytes
Talkeetna 6,768 Bytes
Teller 7,935 Bytes
Tyonek 2,609 Bytes
Ugashik 2,023 Bytes
Yakutat 2,025 Bytes

Arizona

Cochise 286,812 Bytes
Coconino 6,170 Bytes
Gila 128,879 Bytes
Graham 50,402 Bytes
Greenlee 41,051 Bytes
La Paz 258,073 Bytes
Maricopa 147,321 Bytes
Mohave 504,395 Bytes
Navajo 2,020 Bytes
Pima 434,946 Bytes
Pinal 195,693 Bytes
Santa Cruz 226,749 Bytes
Yavapai 663,453 Bytes
Yuma 96,510 Bytes

Arkansas

Garland 2,009 Bytes
Pulaski 2,610 Bytes
Sevier 2,015 Bytes

California

Alameda 2,033 Bytes
Alpine 77,407 Bytes
Amador 496,494 Bytes
Butte 384,678 Bytes
Calaveras 1,524,131 Bytes
Colusa 6,717 Bytes
Contra Costa 7,974 Bytes
Del Norte 84,682 Bytes
El Dorado 1,436,980 Bytes
Fresno 62,781 Bytes
Glenn 4,366 Bytes
Humboldt 104,729 Bytes
Imperial 104,624 Bytes
Inyo 446,833 Bytes
Kern 455,044 Bytes
Lake 4,399 Bytes
Lassen 78,453 Bytes
Los Angeles 115,838 Bytes
Madera 194,480 Bytes
Marin 9,086 Bytes
Mariposa 766,776 Bytes
Mendocino 7,358 Bytes
Merced 11,564 Bytes
Modoc 77,174 Bytes
Mono 245,498 Bytes
Monterey 32,033 Bytes
Napa 6,199 Bytes
Nevada 1,221,485 Bytes
Orange 9,688 Bytes
Placer 697,023 Bytes
Plumas 388,394 Bytes
Riverside 337,199 Bytes
Sacramento 53,059 Bytes
San Benito 3,823 Bytes
San Bernardino 1,173,262 Bytes
San Diego 180,026 Bytes
San Francisco 2,047 Bytes
San Joaquin 12,081 Bytes
San Luis Obispo 23,989 Bytes
San Mateo 8,543 Bytes
Santa Barbara 3,818 Bytes
Santa Clara 3,228 Bytes
Santa Cruz 6,771 Bytes
Shasta 388,309 Bytes
Sierra 610,355 Bytes
Siskiyou 1,121,220 Bytes
Sonoma 3,813 Bytes
Stanislaus 20,388 Bytes
Sutter 2,036 Bytes
Tehama 8,545 Bytes
Trinity 582,141 Bytes
Tulare 42,072 Bytes
Tuolumne 609,331 Bytes
Ventura 34,617 Bytes
Yolo 2,613 Bytes
Yuba 77,546 Bytes

Colorado

Adams 5,560 Bytes
Alamosa 5,545 Bytes
Arapahoe 5,029 Bytes
Archuleta 4,444 Bytes
Baca 6,169 Bytes
Boulder 411,412 Bytes
Chaffee 116,417 Bytes
Clear Creek 671,547 Bytes
Conejos 24,950 Bytes
Costilla 25,850 Bytes
Custer 22,762 Bytes
Delta 3,207 Bytes
Denver 2,030 Bytes
Dolores 54,574 Bytes
Douglas 7,439 Bytes
Eagle 18,505 Bytes
El Paso 9,161 Bytes
Elbert 3,234 Bytes
Fremont 26,118 Bytes
Garfield 4,999 Bytes
Gilpin 218,888 Bytes
Grand 11,465 Bytes
Gunnison 223,654 Bytes
Hinsdale 62,181 Bytes
Huerfano 12,107 Bytes
Jackson 9,133 Bytes
Jefferson 12,136 Bytes
Kit Carson 2,029 Bytes
La Plata 134,224 Bytes
Lake 81,102 Bytes
Larimer 25,665 Bytes
Las Animas 4,410 Bytes
Mesa 2,030 Bytes
Mineral 41,555 Bytes
Moffat 22,255 Bytes
Montezuma 41,585 Bytes
Montrose 32,603 Bytes
Ouray 89,987 Bytes
Park 106,407 Bytes
Pitkin 13,843 Bytes
Rio Blanco 2,043 Bytes
Rio Grande 31,518 Bytes
Routt 44,021 Bytes
Saguache 143,640 Bytes
San Juan 241,840 Bytes
San Miguel 151,587 Bytes
Summit 210,989 Bytes
Teller 308,706 Bytes
Washington 2,045 Bytes

Connecticut

Fairfield 2,041 Bytes
Litchfield 2,034 Bytes
Middlesex 2,046 Bytes
New Haven 2,032 Bytes
New London 2,033 Bytes
Tolland 2,620 Bytes

Georgia

Bartow 11,520 Bytes
Carroll 7,893 Bytes
Cherokee 38,431 Bytes
Cobb 10,858 Bytes
Coweta 3,218 Bytes
Dawson 16,033 Bytes
Douglas 3,803 Bytes
Elbert 3,195 Bytes
Fannin 3,798 Bytes
Forsyth 7,900 Bytes
Fulton 7,313 Bytes
Gilmer 5,542 Bytes
Greene 2,031 Bytes
Gwinnett 2,034 Bytes
Habersham 13,892 Bytes
Hall 20,775 Bytes
Haralson 7,320 Bytes
Hart 5,001 Bytes
Henry 2,022 Bytes
Lincoln 8,540 Bytes
Lumpkin 41,429 Bytes
Madison 6,153 Bytes
McDuffie 6,123 Bytes
Meriwether 3,197 Bytes
Morgan 2,024 Bytes
Newton 2,015 Bytes
Oglethorpe 3,228 Bytes
Paulding 11,437 Bytes
Rabun 17,958 Bytes
Taliaferro 3,201 Bytes
Towns 16,139 Bytes
Union 10,869 Bytes
Walton 3,197 Bytes
Warren 3,773 Bytes
White 32,496 Bytes
Wilkes 6,176 Bytes

Idaho

Ada 23,290 Bytes
Adams 48,120 Bytes
Bannock 7,964 Bytes
Bear Lake 4,988 Bytes
Benewah 4,995 Bytes
Bingham 4,432 Bytes
Blaine 221,288 Bytes
Boise 219,523 Bytes
Bonner 77,238 Bytes
Bonneville 30,459 Bytes
Boundary 18,662 Bytes
Butte 13,876 Bytes
Camas 38,924 Bytes
Canyon 3,831 Bytes
Cassia 18,693 Bytes
Clark 6,154 Bytes
Clearwater 98,744 Bytes
Custer 299,477 Bytes
Elmore 91,079 Bytes
Gem 25,076 Bytes
Gooding 3,812 Bytes
Idaho 400,726 Bytes
Jefferson 3,218 Bytes
Jerome 10,931 Bytes
Kootenai 6,208 Bytes
Latah 34,059 Bytes
Lemhi 321,584 Bytes
Minidoka 3,217 Bytes
Nez Perce 7,969 Bytes
Oneida 2,025 Bytes
Owyhee 134,925 Bytes
Power 29,322 Bytes
Shoshone 167,405 Bytes
Twin Falls 5,635 Bytes
Valley 365,099 Bytes
Washington 21,470 Bytes

Illinois

Cook 2,050 Bytes

Maine

Aroostook 3,214 Bytes
Cumberland 2,032 Bytes
Franklin 3,217 Bytes
Hancock 44,125 Bytes
Knox 3,200 Bytes
Oxford 7,964 Bytes
Penobscot 8,517 Bytes
Piscataquis 2,027 Bytes
Somerset 2,626 Bytes
Waldo 4,377 Bytes
Washington 15,065 Bytes
York 2,011 Bytes

Maryland

Baltimore City 2,062 Bytes
Frederick 4,994 Bytes
Montgomery 16,742 Bytes

Massachusetts

Berkshire 2,041 Bytes
Essex 3,258 Bytes
Middlesex 2,058 Bytes
Norfolk 3,845 Bytes

Michigan

Baraga 3,827 Bytes
Gogebic 2,620 Bytes
Marquette 38,501 Bytes
Ontonagon 3,258 Bytes

Minnesota

Beltrami 2,034 Bytes
Cook 3,838 Bytes
Koochiching 4,412 Bytes
Lake 3,224 Bytes
Redwood 2,029 Bytes
St. Louis 6,192 Bytes
Yellow Medicine 2,053 Bytes

Missouri

Howell 2,027 Bytes
Madison 3,209 Bytes
Oregon 2,026 Bytes
Ste. Genevieve 3,221 Bytes
Stone 2,022 Bytes

Montana

Beaverhead 241,263 Bytes
Blaine 3,204 Bytes
Broadwater 161,726 Bytes
Carbon 6,774 Bytes
Cascade 24,434 Bytes
Custer 2,022 Bytes
Deer Lodge 52,985 Bytes
Fergus 52,818 Bytes
Flathead 20,399 Bytes
Gallatin 11,581 Bytes
Garfield 2,039 Bytes
Granite 254,527 Bytes
Hill 2,022 Bytes
Jefferson 396,174 Bytes
Judith Basin 18,020 Bytes
Lake 2,612 Bytes
Lewis and Clark 260,159 Bytes
Liberty 2,624 Bytes
Lincoln 68,245 Bytes
Madison 420,899 Bytes
Meagher 25,662 Bytes
Mineral 85,240 Bytes
Missoula 77,869 Bytes
Park 197,081 Bytes
Phillips 24,454 Bytes
Powder River 2,033 Bytes
Powell 190,888 Bytes
Ravalli 36,965 Bytes
Sanders 70,649 Bytes
Silver Bow 123,064 Bytes
Stillwater 8,572 Bytes
Sweet Grass 45,706 Bytes

Nebraska

Douglas 2,038 Bytes

Nevada

Carson City 22,766 Bytes
Churchill 233,245 Bytes
Clark 207,169 Bytes
Douglas 46,552 Bytes
Elko 506,512 Bytes
Esmeralda 493,117 Bytes
Eureka 186,126 Bytes
Humboldt 363,946 Bytes
Lander 381,711 Bytes
Lincoln 215,668 Bytes
Lyon 110,540 Bytes
Mineral 241,106 Bytes
Nye 704,913 Bytes
Pershing 479,530 Bytes
Storey 70,491 Bytes
Washoe 150,054 Bytes
White Pine 222,154 Bytes

New Hampshire

Carroll 3,238 Bytes
Coos 4,388 Bytes
Grafton 6,825 Bytes
Merrimack 2,039 Bytes
Sullivan 2,034 Bytes

New Mexico

Bernalillo 7,970 Bytes
Catron 36,394 Bytes
Cibola 4,383 Bytes
Colfax 36,931 Bytes
Dona Ana 26,317 Bytes
Eddy 2,030 Bytes
Grant 151,768 Bytes
Guadalupe 2,036 Bytes
Hidalgo 61,198 Bytes
Lincoln 54,667 Bytes
Luna 14,973 Bytes
Otero 9,713 Bytes
Rio Arriba 72,259 Bytes
San Juan 5,575 Bytes
San Miguel 3,261 Bytes
Sandoval 57,495 Bytes
Santa Fe 29,184 Bytes
Sierra 139,195 Bytes
Socorro 28,657 Bytes
Taos 59,463 Bytes
Torrance 2,038 Bytes
Union 2,027 Bytes
Valencia 2,627 Bytes

New York

Erie 2,041 Bytes
Putnam 2,662 Bytes
Queens 2,038 Bytes
Westchester 2,050 Bytes

North Carolina

Alamance 3,222 Bytes
Alleghany 2,045 Bytes
Ashe 3,210 Bytes
Avery 3,820 Bytes
Buncombe 2,036 Bytes
Burke 16,924 Bytes
Cabarrus 34,432 Bytes
Caldwell 5,013 Bytes
Catawba 2,626 Bytes
Chatham 3,223 Bytes
Cherokee 5,024 Bytes
Cleveland 5,614 Bytes
Davidson 31,060 Bytes
Davie 2,032 Bytes
Franklin 3,218 Bytes
Gaston 13,262 Bytes
Guilford 16,190 Bytes
Halifax 2,620 Bytes
Henderson 2,042 Bytes
Hertford 2,038 Bytes
Iredell 2,646 Bytes
Jackson 2,047 Bytes
Lee 2,034 Bytes
Lincoln 3,206 Bytes
Macon 4,408 Bytes
Madison 2,056 Bytes
McDowell 9,272 Bytes
Mecklenburg 41,528 Bytes
Montgomery 23,285 Bytes
Moore 21,969 Bytes
Nash 3,788 Bytes
Orange 13,891 Bytes
Person 3,820 Bytes
Randolph 45,091 Bytes
Rowan 16,191 Bytes
Rutherford 5,595 Bytes
Stanly 9,079 Bytes
Swain 4,402 Bytes
Union 32,596 Bytes
Warren 2,033 Bytes
Watauga 2,626 Bytes

Oklahoma

Comanche 2,030 Bytes
Garvin 2,030 Bytes
Okfuskee 2,030 Bytes
Payne 2,025 Bytes

Oregon

Baker 633,040 Bytes
Benton 2,031 Bytes
Clackamas 8,033 Bytes
Clatsop 2,030 Bytes
Coos 43,434 Bytes
Crook 12,076 Bytes
Curry 134,218 Bytes
Deschutes 3,239 Bytes
Douglas 77,081 Bytes
Grant 457,979 Bytes
Harney 62,840 Bytes
Hood River 2,611 Bytes
Jackson 390,783 Bytes
Jefferson 8,540 Bytes
Josephine 528,266 Bytes
Klamath 3,780 Bytes
Lake 19,831 Bytes
Lane 174,374 Bytes
Linn 59,163 Bytes
Malheur 115,377 Bytes
Marion 29,292 Bytes
Morrow 2,023 Bytes
Sherman 2,614 Bytes
Tillamook 3,798 Bytes
Umatilla 9,145 Bytes
Union 44,639 Bytes
Wallowa 85,763 Bytes
Wheeler 10,982 Bytes
Yamhill 2,630 Bytes

Pennsylvania

Berks 3,250 Bytes
Chester 2,049 Bytes
Cumberland 2,049 Bytes
Lancaster 2,645 Bytes
Lebanon 2,622 Bytes

Puerto Rico

Guayama 2,032 Bytes

Rhode Island

Providence 2,639 Bytes

South Carolina

Abbeville 6,758 Bytes
Anderson 2,638 Bytes
Cherokee 29,992 Bytes
Chester 2,034 Bytes
Chesterfield 10,294 Bytes
Edgefield 4,448 Bytes
Fairfield 4,996 Bytes
Greenville 9,120 Bytes
Greenwood 3,804 Bytes
Kershaw 4,394 Bytes
Lancaster 22,585 Bytes
Laurens 3,237 Bytes
McCormick 10,860 Bytes
Newberry 2,042 Bytes
Oconee 11,462 Bytes
Pickens 2,628 Bytes
Richland 2,043 Bytes
Saluda 4,404 Bytes
Spartanburg 3,840 Bytes
Union 7,299 Bytes
York 57,421 Bytes

South Dakota

Custer 26,321 Bytes
Lawrence 201,319 Bytes
Meade 2,035 Bytes
Pennington 93,851 Bytes

Tennessee

Monroe 126,545 Bytes
Polk 9,079 Bytes

Texas

Brewster 2,028 Bytes
Burnet 3,795 Bytes
Culberson 2,024 Bytes
El Paso 2,026 Bytes
Hudspeth 8,541 Bytes
Llano 4,971 Bytes
Presidio 10,870 Bytes

Utah

Beaver 62,353 Bytes
Box Elder 42,377 Bytes
Cache 3,802 Bytes
Daggett 3,807 Bytes
Davis 3,794 Bytes
Duchesne 4,373 Bytes
Emery 2,602 Bytes
Garfield 13,311 Bytes
Grand 25,761 Bytes
Iron 64,130 Bytes
Juab 112,576 Bytes
Kane 4,362 Bytes
Millard 14,987 Bytes
Morgan 4,414 Bytes
Piute 52,620 Bytes
Salt Lake 122,331 Bytes
San Juan 9,075 Bytes
Sanpete 2,636 Bytes
Sevier 6,142 Bytes
Summit 56,170 Bytes
Tooele 240,934 Bytes
Uintah 6,146 Bytes
Utah 55,481 Bytes
Wasatch 28,159 Bytes
Washington 12,703 Bytes
Weber 2,643 Bytes

Vermont

Bennington 2,632 Bytes
Essex 2,018 Bytes
Lamoille 2,051 Bytes
Orange 2,620 Bytes
Orleans 2,052 Bytes
Rutland 3,825 Bytes
Washington 2,055 Bytes
Windham 3,250 Bytes
Windsor 10,388 Bytes

Virginia

Albemarle 2,629 Bytes
Amherst 2,031 Bytes
Appomattox 2,044 Bytes
Bedford 2,029 Bytes
Botetourt 2,631 Bytes
Buckingham 29,687 Bytes
Campbell 2,613 Bytes
Carroll 3,211 Bytes
Charlotte 3,800 Bytes
Culpeper 14,972 Bytes
Cumberland 2,636 Bytes
Fairfax 2,620 Bytes
Fauquier 17,316 Bytes
Floyd 6,776 Bytes
Fluvanna 29,768 Bytes
Franklin City (City) 2,051 Bytes
Goochland 37,422 Bytes
Grayson 5,587 Bytes
Halifax 9,144 Bytes
Harrisonburg (City) 2,056 Bytes
Henry 2,024 Bytes
Loudoun 2,626 Bytes
Louisa 30,832 Bytes
Mecklenburg 2,031 Bytes
Montgomery 4,421 Bytes
Nelson 3,212 Bytes
Orange 20,918 Bytes
Page 2,027 Bytes
Patrick 2,630 Bytes
Pittsylvania 3,803 Bytes
Prince William 6,197 Bytes
Rockbridge 2,050 Bytes
Smyth 2,039 Bytes
Spotsylvania 32,660 Bytes
Stafford 9,096 Bytes
Warren 2,027 Bytes

Washington

Asotin 5,673 Bytes
Benton 6,270 Bytes
Chelan 158,046 Bytes
Clallam 19,339 Bytes
Clark 7,434 Bytes
Columbia 2,098 Bytes
Cowlitz 2,099 Bytes
Ferry 281,171 Bytes
Garfield 2,687 Bytes
Grant 5,050 Bytes
Grays Harbor 6,835 Bytes
Jefferson 3,888 Bytes
King 93,098 Bytes
Kitsap 2,089 Bytes
Kittitas 96,649 Bytes
Lewis 3,866 Bytes
Lincoln 11,586 Bytes
Okanogan 433,067 Bytes
Pacific 4,461 Bytes
Pend Oreille 47,535 Bytes
Pierce 12,776 Bytes
Skagit 39,818 Bytes
Skamania 48,738 Bytes
Snohomish 345,793 Bytes
Stevens 283,191 Bytes
Whatcom 142,769 Bytes
Yakima 29,207 Bytes

Wisconsin

Douglas 2,109 Bytes
Forest 2,696 Bytes
Lincoln 2,100 Bytes
Marathon 2,101 Bytes
Oneida 2,667 Bytes
Price 2,100 Bytes
Rusk 3,278 Bytes
Taylor 2,678 Bytes

Wyoming

Albany 47,734 Bytes
Big Horn 2,694 Bytes
Carbon 35,977 Bytes
Converse 3,303 Bytes
Crook 5,093 Bytes
Fremont 32,373 Bytes
Goshen 2,098 Bytes
Hot Springs 2,693 Bytes
Johnson 3,867 Bytes
Laramie 11,562 Bytes
Lincoln 3,283 Bytes
Natrona 2,717 Bytes
Niobrara 2,100 Bytes
Park 8,588 Bytes
Platte 3,275 Bytes
Sheridan 9,252 Bytes
Sublette 3,281 Bytes
Teton 24,346 Bytes
Weston 2,086 Bytes