Mohave County, AZ Mining Claims & Land Ownership Map
Current BLM claim data, land ownership layers, and rockhounding-ready backcountry navigation for Mohave County, AZ — built for the field.
Mohave County, AZ Mining Claims & Land Ownership Map
Current BLM claim data, land ownership layers, and rockhounding-ready backcountry navigation for Mohave County, AZ — built for the field.
Northwestern Arizona’s Mohave County harbors some of the Southwest’s richest gold-bearing terrain, drawing thousands of prospectors to public domain land across the Cerbat, Black, and White Hill ranges. Active placer and lode claims blanket historic dry washes and volcanic slopes from the Gold Basin district near Lake Mead down to the lode vein systems around Oatman. Because federal public domain lands administered by the BLM Kingman Field Office cover vast desert expanses, finding unclaimed ground requires real-time boundary verification.
Geological activity throughout Mohave County created a diverse mineral landscape. Tertiary volcanic eruptive centers deposited high-grade, low-sulphidation epithermal gold-silver veins in quartz-adularia structures, while Precambrian granitic rocks host porphyry copper and turquoise deposits near Mineral Park. Weathering over millions of years eroded these quartz lodes into heavy alluvial placer deposits across desert basins like Lost Basin and King Tut. Beyond precious metals, rockhounds explore public land around Burro Creek and Saddle Mountain for fire agate, Kingman turquoise, chalcedony, apache tears, and quartz crystals.
Prospecting in northwestern Arizona means navigating a complex grid of active unpatented claims, state trust land, and private holdings. Before dry washing, metal detecting, or panning, referencing a live Mohave County mining claims map ensures you pinpoint active claim lines, trace BLM MLRS records, and stay on open public domain land.
10,382
Current / Not-Closed Mohave County, AZ Claim Records
101,734
Historical Mohave County, AZ Claims
1,227
Mohave County, AZ Rockhound Hotspots
113,343
Total Mohave County, AZ Claims & Hotspots
1,180
Metallic Sites
47
Non-Metallic Sites
Notable finds: Gemstone · Semiprecious gemstone · Kyanite · Mica · Feldspar · Quartz
Source records sometimes use broad or overlapping commodity labels; counts above preserve the underlying record classifications.
| Material | Sites Recorded |
|---|---|
| Gemstone | 7 |
| Gemstone, Semiprecious | 6 |
| Kyanite | 4 |
| Mica | 4 |
| Feldspar | 4 |
| Quartz | 3 |
9,387
Lode Claims
901
Placer Claims
| Claim Type | Current Claims |
|---|---|
| Lode Claims | 9,387 (91.2%) |
| Placer Claims | 901 (8.8%) |
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Official Prospecting Resources for Mohave County, AZ
Mohave County Recorder's Office
What it is: The official county recording portal and public access system for Mohave County (located in Kingman, Bullhead City, and Lake Havasu City, AZ).
Use case: Recording local Mining Claim Location Notices within required statutory timeframes, filing annual Affidavits of Performance of Annual Work (Proof of Labor) or Notices of Intent to Hold, and searching local recorded land documents.
BLM Kingman Field Office / Mining & Minerals
What it is: The official Bureau of Land Management field office portal overseeing 2.4 million acres of public domain land and mineral entry across Mohave County.
Use case: Reviewing local surface management regulations, verifying BLM public domain land availability, submitting 3809 notices for equipment use, and inquiring about federal mining claims in northwestern Arizona.
Arizona Geological Survey Mineral Rights & Claim Resources
Link: Arizona Geological Survey Mineral Rights & Claim Resources
What it is: The University of Arizona's state geological agency portal providing official guidance on land status, mineral ownership, geological maps, and statutory claim forms.
Use case: Downloading standardized Arizona lode and placer claim location notices, accessing Mohave County digital geological map publications, and researching state historical mining district records.
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Staked Maps isn't crowd-sourced guesswork. Current and historical claim boundaries are parsed directly from the Bureau of Land Management's Mineral & Land Records System (MLRS), which replaced the legacy LR2000 mining claim system in 2021, 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 (Mineral & Land Records System) case-recordation records, synced into our database on a regular schedule — not scraped or crowd-sourced.
Staked Maps displays the status reported by BLM. Records with a case disposition of Active are labeled Active; historical records come from BLM's closed-claims dataset. These statuses are research information, not a Staked Maps legal determination of claim validity, discovery, ownership or compliance. Verify the current record through MLRS before acting on it.
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.
Staked Maps currently tracks 10,382 current federal mining claim/site records and 101,734 historical claim records from BLM MLRS, plus 1,227 Mohave County, AZ mineral-occurrence records derived from USGS MRDS.
A premium map layer of documented mineral occurrences, prospects and mines sourced from USGS MRDS and labeled by material where available. These records are research leads, not a directory of verified public collecting sites.
Yes — the live map covers all of Arizona, not just Mohave County. Other Arizona counties with a dedicated page: Yavapai County, La Paz County, Cochise County and Pinal County.
Mohave County Recorder's Office is Mohave County, AZ's primary office for filing and researching mining claims — see the Official Filing & Information Links section above for the direct link and more resources.
Regulatory and editorial content last reviewed against official records · Source: Mohave County Recorder's Office · USGS MRDS
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