The Diggings™ lists millions of claims across the United States to help identify where gold, silver, copper, and other materials are being mined or were mined in the past. With our interactive maps, discover mining activity in your area. Discover current, past, and potential mining activity around the globe on The Diggings—the largest free online resource for mining activity. We combine mining deposit data from Bureau of Land Management (BLM) claim listings to compare where known deposits of gold, silver, copper, and other mineable resources are located alongside where mining activity is (and is not) occurring. Keep up to date with what is happening nearby.
The Diggings™ provides data on the locations and status of mining claims on public land. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) grants individuals and companies mining rights on public land. The Diggings™ is a source to see where these mining claims are and have been.
There are federally administered lands in 19 states where you may locate a mining claim or site. These states are Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. In these states, the BLM manages the surface of public lands and the Forest Service manages the surface of National Forest System lands. The BLM is responsible for the subsurface on both public lands and National Forest System lands.
You may prospect and locate claims and sites on lands open to mineral entry. Claims may not be staked in areas closed to mineral entry by a special act of Congress, regulation, or public land order. These areas are withdrawn from the operation of the mining laws.
Deposits
We have indexed an extensive collection of known mineral resources from around the world along with current or past operations occuring around them. Discover where gold and other commodities can be mined or see the extent to which mining activity has already occurred.
A Shifting Landscape
New mines are being filed, auctioned, or resold through private sales. While mines change hands, become active or closed, or have new actions filed, we are updating our records to make this information available to everyone. To be alerted whenever one of these updates is released, join our mailing list.
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