Arizona Mining Claims & Land Ownership Map
Current BLM claim data, land ownership layers, and rockhounding-ready backcountry navigation for Arizona — built for the field.
Arizona ranks among the top public domain mining states, hosting over 55,000 active Arizona BLM mining claims across vast desert and mountain terrain. From historic hard-rock quartz lodes in the Bradshaw Mountains to placer washes in Quartzsite and Gold Basin, Arizona gold prospecting draws detectorists, panners, and dry-washers year-round.
Mining activity spans several major mineral belts across the state. Yavapai County holds the state's highest active claim density around Lynx Creek, Rich Hill, and the Hassayampa River, world-famous for coarse gold nuggets. Mohave County features dense lode and placer claim clusters throughout Oatman and Gold Basin, while La Paz County centers on widespread placer ground near Quartzsite and the Plomosa Mountains.
Beyond precious metals and commercial copper, public domain lands host famous Arizona rockhounding hotspots. Public lands across Burro Creek, Saddle Mountain, and central mountain ranges yield sought-after gemstones, including fire agate, chalcedony, turquoise, azurite, malachite, and petrified wood.
Navigating Arizona gold prospecting requires tracking public land boundaries and federal claim status. Unpatented placer claims and lode claims on BLM and U.S. Forest Service lands grant exclusive mineral rights to claim holders. Because Arizona State Trust Land and private property interlock with federal public domain, boundary verification is essential before detecting or dry washing. An active Arizona mining claims map allows prospectors and rockhounds to trace live BLM MLRS records, identify placer and lode boundaries, and locate open public domain ground.
56,991
Active Arizona Claims
431,136
Historical Arizona Claims
10,998
Arizona Rockhound Hotspots
499,125
Total Arizona Claims & Hotspots
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Save any map area while you have cell service, then navigate active BLM mining claims, land ownership boundaries, and optional layers like elevation contours, roads, and creeks — with zero connectivity out in the field. Offline downloads are included on every paid plan. See plans below →
Official Prospecting Resources for Arizona
What it is: The official federal Bureau of Land Management state office portal governing public domain mineral entry and unpatented claim filings across Arizona.
Use case: Filing new location notices, paying annual federal maintenance fees, submitting Small Miner's Maintenance Fee Waivers (Form 3830-002), and getting filing assistance from the Phoenix Information Access Center.
What it is: The University of Arizona's state geological agency portal providing official guidance on land status, mineral ownership, and statutory claim forms.
Use case: Downloading standardized Arizona lode and placer claim location notices, accessing land status determination manuals, and researching state historical mining district publications.
What it is: The official BLM reporting engine for the Mineral & Land Records System, featuring pre-filtered search queries for federal land and mining records.
Use case: Generating official Arizona Serial Register Pages (SRP) by selecting the AZ - Arizona Administrative State filter to check active/closed status, claimant ownership histories, and land description reports for specific Arizona claims.
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$29.99/yr
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$49.99/yr
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$29.99/yr
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Staked Maps isn't crowd-sourced guesswork. Active and historical claim boundaries are parsed directly from the Bureau of Land Management's own MLRS/LR2000 case-recordation system — the same records BLM state offices use internally — and kept in sync with our database on a regular schedule. Rockhound Hotspots draw from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), cross-referenced by material so you can see exactly what's been found at a given site. For legal filings, always confirm current status directly with your BLM state office of record; Staked Maps is a research and navigation tool, not a substitute for the official record.
Directly from the Bureau of Land Management's official MLRS/LR2000 case-recordation records, synced into our database on a regular schedule — not scraped or crowd-sourced.
Yes. The free tier gives you the interactive claims map, land ownership overlays, and basemap layers for your current state, auto-detected via GPS — no subscription required. Paid plans add more states plus premium data like full legal descriptions, historical claims, offline downloads, and Rockhound Hotspots.
Active claims currently have valid, in-good-standing filings with the BLM. Historical claims are expired or closed filings — still useful for understanding an area's mining history and past activity.
Free users can search by county. Paid plans add search by claim serial number, plus each claim's full legal (aliquot) description and BLM records link.
A premium map layer of known mineral and gem collecting sites — sourced from USGS records and labeled by material where available (e.g. turquoise, opal, jasper) — for rockhounds looking for their next find.
Staked Maps currently tracks 56,991 active and 431,136 historical mining claims in Arizona, plus 10,998 Rockhound Hotspots — synced on a regular schedule directly from the BLM's own MLRS records.
Yes — the Arizona claims map covers the entire state today, including Yavapai County, Mohave County, La Paz County, Cochise County and Pinal County. Dedicated pages for each are coming soon.
BLM Arizona State Office Mining & Minerals is Arizona's primary office for filing and researching mining claims — see the Official Filing & Information Links section above for the direct link and more resources.
Information hosted on Staked Maps is compiled from publicly available data streams provided by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and relevant state geographic clearinghouses. Staked Maps accepts no liability for the content of this geospatial data, or for the consequences of any real-world exploration, land entry, or staking actions taken on the basis of the information provided via this application interface.
Staked Maps makes no warranty, expressed or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, nor assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the pinpoint accuracy, reliability, completeness, latency, or programmatic utility of these geospatial data layers, or for the improper interpretation of these data grids.
These mapping layers and related graphics are visual convenience aids only; they are not legal documents and must never be used as such. The data may not be used to legally determine title, mineral ownership, valid description boundaries, jurisdictional authorities, or land restrictions in place on public or private land. Natural backcountry hazards may or may not be depicted on topographies, and land users are strictly mandated to exercise caution. Federal records are dynamic and change constantly. The end-user is exclusively responsible for validating current land classifications with local BLM field offices and managing compliance accordingly.