JULY 2026 · 8 Active Listings
Gold & Silver Mining Claims for Sale
Introducing the Open Ground Research Program
A free 3D claim-prospecting tool from Mountain Man Mining. Explore Nevada's public land in an interactive terrain map, overlay real mining data, and let the program surface open ground worth staking — in seconds, not weeks.
- 3D interactive terrain map of Nevada mining districts
- Live BLM claims overlay so you never target staked ground
- USGS mineral occurrence data (MRDS), including past producers
- One-click “Analyze This View” to find open ground fast
- Commodity filters — gold, silver, copper, tungsten, and more
- Claim Scanner to see who already holds ground nearby
- Sweep View to scan an entire district in one pass
- Import/export KML, GPX, CSV & GeoJSON for your own field data
Currently in free public beta — no cost through August 2026.
Explore the Mining Library
A public-domain archive of mining and geology literature from the 1850s to today — fully searchable and free to browse. Whether you're evaluating a claim or researching a district's history, the answer is probably already in here.
- 1,562 historical & modern documents, 1850s to present
- Full-text search across the entire archive
- Browse by state — 45 U.S. states plus international
- Filter by commodity — gold, silver, copper, coal, uranium, rare earths & more
- USGS & Bureau of Mines reports and technical studies
- Assaying, metallurgy & mineral ID guides
- Historical district & mining camp histories
- 22 curated collections spanning six time eras
Free to search — no account required.
Paydirt
Making a living as a small-scale miner in the western United States — at $4,000 gold.
Gold at $4,045 an ounce didn't just make existing mines richer — it cut the small operator's breakeven grade by more than half. This is the field guide we wish existed when we started: the geology, the districts, the claim law, and the honest arithmetic of cutoff grades, equipment costs, and ROI — written for someone deciding whether to actually do this for a living.
- Cutoff-grade & ROI math at today's prices
- State-by-state district scorecard
- 2026 BLM claim fees & permitting playbook
- Real equipment costs, highbanker to mill
- How small mines fail — and three roadmaps that don't
- Placer, hardrock, and the silver question