California

California Abandoned Mine Lands Program The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) California manages 15.2 million acres of public lands, nearly 15% of the State's land area. The Bureau also administers over 47 million acres of subsurface mineral estate underlying Federal surface land, 2.5 million acres underlying privately owned land, 592,000 acres of …

Historical gold maps of the Queensland goldfields

Historical gold maps of the Queensland goldfields, showing gold workings, mineral occurrences and geological information. These maps are available to view online for free. "Within the last few weeks attention has been directed to a place called Gympie in the Maryborough district, where gold has been found in payable quantities, and to which a ...

Idaho Geological Survey

The search for minerals runs up a dead end. And, of course, the old business axiom—prices drop when supply exceeds demand. Whatever the reasons, once interest in developing a mineral venture stops, the mine and the site are abandoned. Thousands of mines and prospects have closed in the course of over a century of mining in the state.

The USGS Abandoned Mine Lands Initiative: Protecting and …

The Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Initiative is part of a larger strategy of the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to clean up Federal lands contaminated by abandoned mines.Thousands of abandond hard-rock metal mines (such as gold, copper, lead, and zinc) have left a dual legacy across the Western United …

The Haunting Legacy of South Africa's Gold …

Blyvooruitzicht is but one of thousands of abandoned mines scattered across South Africa, many from the gold industry. With recently shuttered mines adding to the massive impact of those left …

Lost Gold Mines in New England

The Copper Hill Gold Mine was the largest mine opened after the Durfee Hill Gold Mine. In the mid-1700s, there were over 50 gold, limestone, iron and copper mines and prospects in that location. Lead, silver, copper, nickel, magnetite and other heavy metals were found near the hill; not surprising since the area is a deposit from a …

Using google earth and mapping Georgia gold mines

That's it, it's that easy to import this file into google earth and now you can see where all the gold mines in georgia were once located. Here are a couple of screenshots showing the gold mines in georgia: Gold mines in Georgia imported into google earth. Gold mines in Lumpkin County GA. This is a great tool to prospect gold …

Utah Gold Maps | Gold Claims

Our Utah Gold Maps show there are currently 21,511 active gold claims and 391,162 abandoned gold claims located throughout the state. Of those active claims, 18,307 are lode claims and 3,204 are placer claims.

Inactive U.S. Metal Mines as of 2012

This map represents inactive metal mining operations across the United States. This map does not include any mines exclusively producing non-metallic minerals (clay, coal, etc.), and does not include any information …

Arizona Gold Maps

Our Arizona Gold Maps show there are currently 46,199 active gold claims and 364,629 abandoned claims in the state on public lands. Of those active claims, 39,478 are lode claims and 6,721 are placer claims.

Map of the major gold mines around Dahlonega GA

Here's another great map of the gold mines around Dahlonega. Title of map — Map of the Dahlonega District GA 1880. Categories GA gold mines, gold mining maps, how to locate gold in GA. 0 0 votes. Article Rating. Subscribe. Login. Notify of {} [+] {} [+] 0 Comments . Inline Feedbacks ...

Abandoned Mines Information System description AMIS …

The Abandoned Mines information system (AMIS) is a database containing information on known abandoned mine sites and mine hazard features located on both Crown and privately held lands within the province of Ontario. This includes sites that are abandoned, may possibly be in production or may be covered by a closure …

Abandoned gold mines in ia; re-mining and …

The densest concentration of abandoned gold mines is in western Goochland County, where Ordovician-age gold-bearing quartzite and schist of the uppermost Chopawamsic Formation are folded into an asymmetric synform. One of these, the Moss Mine, originally operated from 1836 – 1838 and from 1893-1936. ... Our …

New Mexico Gold Maps

Our New Mexico Gold Maps shows there are currently 13,019 active gold claims and 178,244 abandoned gold claims located throughout the state. Of those active claims, 11,528 are lode claims and 1,491 are placer.

Arizona Gold Mines and districts

Arizona Gold Mines and Districts. The rise of Arizona gold mines started in 1774, and the state has produced 17 million troy ounces (498 tons) of gold so far. The last big gold mine to operate in Arizona was Gold Road located at Oatman, which ceased operation in 1998. However, explorations are still active today and gold still can be found as a ...

Map of abandoned mines in Queensland

Title: Map of abandoned mines in Queensland Author: Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Subject: Map indicating the location of abandoned mines in Queensland indicating gold, copper, lead, zinc, silver, …

Historical gold maps of the Victorian Goldfields

How the frontage system changed gold mining at Ballaarat, includes map and notes. Mining district of Ballaarat, 1859. Shows reefs, leads, gullies, workings. Plan of Ballarat, Sebastopol and Buninyong gold field showing mining areas to be drained by a proposed adit along the valley of the Yarrowee River, 1870. Shows reefs, gullies, various ...

The USGS Abandoned Mine Lands Initiative: Protecting and …

Thousands of abandond hard-rock metal mines (such as gold, copper, lead, and zinc) have left a dual legacy across the Western United States. They reflect the …

Historical Gold Maps of the New South Wales Goldfields

Compiled from official records and from the valuable information kindly afforded to the compiler by Mr. E.H. Hargraves. Shows locations of gold diggings and includes notes. County of Bathurst, N.S.W. 1872. Shows gold areas and has detailed notes on the creeks and rivers. Forest Reefs gold maps

1909 Gold Deposits of Georgia — gold map

Below is a copy of the famous gold map: 1909 gold deposits in Georgia gold map — click for full size version. This map along with the KMZ file of gold mines is a great resource for gold prospecting …

PA Abandoned Mines

The map shows how abandoned mine sites are distributed throughout the state, and categorizes the sites by their types of impacts. ... Of the 11,249 abandoned mines in the state of Pennsylvania, 9,977 have either environmental impacts or health and safety issues. Comparative Data: Impact Type # of Mines (out of 9,977) Environmental:

Gold Deposits in the USA Interactive Map

Some of the most productive hard rock gold mines in the US include the Homestake Mine in South Dakota and the Carlin Trend deposits in Nevada. ... Resources for USA Gold Map. The shapefiles with gold deposit …

Abandoned Mines

The Abandoned Mine Sites database is an inventory of abandoned mine sites recommended by the Minerals Environment Liaison Committee in 1994. Following a fatal accident at an abandoned mine site near Cue in 1997, the Western Australian Government initiated funding for an ongoing program within the then Department of Minerals and …

BC Abandoned Mines | Bralorne-Pioneer Gold Mine

Gold was discovered in the Gold Bridge area during the Fraser River Gold Rush in the late 1800s, although early miners were sluicing along the rivers for loose (placer) gold (2). The golden years for the Bralorne and Pioneer Mines was the 1930s to 1970s, which is when the majority of the 4.2 million ounces of gold were extracted from …

Fairbanks: Alaska Gold Prospecting Maps

Our Fairbanks map shows there are currently 20,874 active gold mining claims, and 5,438 abandoned claims located on state lands. This map shows gold mining activity in Alaska's famous Klondike region and is the largest of the four maps that make up Alaska.

Mapping Inactive Metal Mines Across the US – …

Click the image to explore the interactive map of inactive and abandoned mines across the U.S. (including Alaska) The most extensive, and most current, nationwide dataset that we could find was the U.S. …

Abandoned Mine Lands

The Abandoned Mine Land (AML) program addresses physical safety and environmental hazards associated with abandoned hard rock mines on BLM-managed public lands. Abandoned mines are those mines that were abandoned prior to January 1, 1981, the effective date of BLM's Surface Management regulations issued under authority of the …

Abandoned Mine Lands

Methods used to close abandoned mines are site specific. Wildlife habitat, mine location and structure, and cost analysis all determining factors. When wildlife habitat is not a concern, we close abandoned mines using alluvial deposits available on the site (dirt and rock), or with rigid polyurethane that is mixed and sprayed into the opening.

Lost Gold Mines in New England

Lost mines often recall tales like that of Lost Dutchman's Mine, coded maps and the wild west. New England is the last place anyone would expect find a gold mine. But surprisingly the northeastern states …

Abandoned Mines in New Jersey | NJDEP Open Data

To provide locations and information on abandoned mines in New Jersey. View Full Details Download Details. Dataset. Feature Layer December 27, 2023. Info Updated ... Start a map with this data. Create a Story. Open in ArcGIS StoryMaps. View API Resources. Try out the API Explorer