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Cache Creek Park, Granite

Gold ground Documented siteLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Historic hydraulic placer ground on the upper Arkansas set aside for hand mining

County-managed public panning area named in Colorado prospecting guides.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

cold water, altitude

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