Nevada County produced more gold than any other California county during the 1850s rush, with the Grass Valley Mining District ranking among the wealthiest hard-rock gold producers in North American history. The Empire Mine alone operated until 1956. Today, active prospecting continues in the South Yuba and Bear River corridors under the suction dredge moratorium — dry sluicing and highbanking with non-motorized pumps remain legal on most federal waterways. The BLM Mother Lode Field Office in Folsom handles claim recording and surface management questions for this district.
The nearest mapped access corridor, osm:667514096 (mapped off-road route), lies 0.3 miles from this claim's centroid. off-road vehicle clearance is required. Vehicle staging is feasible along the route shoulder outside claim boundaries before the final approach on foot.
340 active claims surround Lucky Strike Placer 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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Lucky Strike Placer is a 20-acre Placer Claim in Nevada County, California (CA), filed under BLM serial number CA106782535 in the Bureau of Land Management Mining Location Record System.
The legal description places this claim at T.180N., R.100E., Sec. 11, 6 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. 340 additional active claims exist within 7 miles.
To find open federal land adjacent to Lucky Strike Placer, 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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