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West, Oregon
Quartzville Creek OR
BLM gold panning corridor
Gold ground Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Crystals and minerals
Agates and jasperAlso reported: small flakes.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Teerui (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: Wild and Scenic creek in the 1860s Quartzville gold district, kept open by BLM for recreational panning
BLM byway pages and Oregon Discovery document fine gold, quartz and jasper recovered from named gravel bar access points
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Cold swift water in springSlick boulders, poison oak on banks
Keep exploring nearby
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