YouTube Channel
Google Earth KML/KMZ Files
I regularly use these map overlays for hunting gold.
World Mineral Resources
Surface Management Agency
GMNA (North Sheet - 57MB) (Units)
GMNA (South Sheet - 55MB) (Units)
Public Land Survey System
USGS Topographical Map
National Hydrography Dataset
Important Web Sites
- Alaska GINA KMLs
- Alaska Gold Panning
- Alaska Gold Rush Timeline
- Alaska ICC Maps
- Alaska Land Records
- Alaska Mapper
- Alaska Mining Links
- Arizona AGIC (GIS)
- Arizona BLM Information
- Arizona Clubs, Shows and Field Trips
- Arizona EIC
- Arizona Estimated Depth to Bedrock
- Arizona GIS Files
- Arizona Gold Deposits
- Arizona History of Mining
- Arizona Reference Maps (GIS)
- Arizona SCO (GIS)
- Arizona Soils (very informative)
- Arizona Trail Maps
- Arizona Water Science Center
- Conversion
- Earth Explorer (USGS)
- FCC Table of Frequency Allocations
- GeoCommunicator
- Geologic Map of North America
- Geology.com
- Google Earth
- GRASS GIS
- Introduction to Geologic Mapping
- Lat/Long calculations
- Libre Map Project
- LR2000 (BLM)
- LSIS (BLM)
- MapWindow GIS
- MS Book and Mineral Company
- National EIC
- National Geospatial Program
- National Hydrography Dataset
- National Mining Association
- National Topographic Maps
- NILS (BLM – outdated)
- NRCS Soil Surveys
- NRCS Web Soil Survey Map
- Online Guide to Rocks
- OpenJUMP GIS
- Periodic Table of Elements
- Public Land Survey System (KML)
- Quaternary Faults and Folds
- Realtime Weather Data (KML)
- Rock Minerals of Gold Deposits
- Rocks and Rock Collections
- State Geologic Maps Compilation
- The National Map (GIS)
- USGS Data Series 424
- USGS Mineral Resource Data ***
- USGS Pub (Prospecting for Gold)
- Weather (unisys radar)
- Yukon E M R
BLM Arizona News Release
- Brown Bag Talk Highlights Safford History
- America's Wild Horses and Burros Offered for Adoption in Wickenburg, AZ
- BLM Fire Managers Plan Prescribed Burn in Paria Canyon
- Thanking America's Armed Forces
- Memorial Day Weekend Approaching
- Volunteers Needed to Chart Water Flow in Agua Fria River
- Hikers, Mountain Bikers, and Equestrians Encouraged Get Involved in Planning for New Trailhead for Black Canyon National Recreation Trail
- BLM to Begin Gather of Wild Burros From Cibola-Trigo Herd Management Area in Arizona
- BLM Implements Fire Prevention Restrictions for Phoenix Area Public Lands
- Fire Restrictions Announced for BLM in Western Arizona
USGS Minerals Periodicals
- Iron and Steel Scrap in February 2012
- Silver in February 2012
- The Mineral Industry of Chile, 2010
- Cobalt in February 2012
- Cobalt in January 2012
- Zinc in February 2012
- Gold, 2010
- Graphite, 2010
- The Mineral Industry of the United Arab Emirates, 2010
- Sulfur in February 2012
- The Mineral Industry of Spain, 2010
- Tin, 2010
- Titanium in the Fourth Quarter 2011
- Platinum-Group Metals in March 2012
- The Mineral Industry of Wisconsin, 2008
Recent Comments
- Anonymous on Gold Prospecting Trip 68
- Anonymous on Mining Claim Forms
- The Gold Prospector on Mining Claim Forms
- nathan Beneze on Mining Claim Forms
- nathan Beneze on Mining Claim Forms
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Nice web site, enjoy your photo albums, appreciate info and comments.
Not a prospector, but am an arm chair explorer [ no bugs, snake bites, cactus
thorns ]; nice pictures.