La Paz County's remote desert placer belt — particularly the Plomosa and Dome Rock Mountains — has produced steady placer gold output since the 1900s. The Colorado River and its low terraces contain both large-scale paleodepositional zones and small pocket deposits. Modern prospecting has identified new targets using geological mapping of Tertiary fanglomerate. The BLM Hassayampa Field Office administers claims; water access is limited — this is true desert prospecting.
The nearest mapped access corridor, osm:1486137900 (mapped off-road route), lies approximately 140 feet from this claim's centroid. off-road vehicle clearance is required. Vehicle staging is feasible directly adjacent to the claim boundary.
576 active claims surround BEEHIVE #23 within a 7-mile radius. The estimated open aliquot count is approximate — use the live map for precise 20-acre resolution.
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BEEHIVE #23 is a 20.66-acre Lode Claim in La Paz County, Arizona (AZ), filed under BLM serial number AZ106777727 in the Bureau of Land Management Mining Location Record System.
The legal description places this claim at T.30N., R.200W., Sec. 14, NWNE within the Public Land Survey System (PLSS). The aliquot designation identifies the specific 20-acre sub-parcel.
Under the General Mining Act of 1872 (30 U.S.C. § 22), claims on federal land are maintained by filing the annual maintenance fee or performing assessment work. Current BLM status: Filed. 576 additional active claims exist within 7 miles.
To find open federal land adjacent to BEEHIVE #23, AuthoriProspector overlays live BLM claims at 20-acre aliquot precision alongside USGS MRDS historic mine markers, BLM wilderness boundaries, and military no-go zones.
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