Placer Mining Claims For Sale

**Featured Claim**

Southern Lights
Placer Mining Claim

40 Acres

Price: Pending

Location and History: This district is in northeastern Plumas County in the general area of Light's Canyon. It was named for Ephriam Light, a pioneer rancher. It includes the Moonlight Valley, Indian Valley, Engelmine, and Kettle Rock areas. It is also an important copper-mining district; the Engels and Superior mines are located here. Placer mining was originally done in the district during the 1850's and continued through the early 1900's. The Lucky S lode mine has been prospected in recent years. For some years the district was served by the Indian Valley Railroad.

Lights Creek is rich in mining history and is currently all “claimed up” along its entire length, proving that it is still rich. One up stream miner took five pounds of gold from his claim in one summer! This is your opportunity to have your own claim in this highly desirable and rich area on beautiful cool, clear, clean Lights Creek.

Summertime temperatures range from night time lows in the 50s to day time highs in the 80s to low 90s. The creek has a number of pools large enough for swimming - deep enough to catch gold!

Some of the amenities are:

  • 2wd access road.
  • Short/easy access to creek.
  • RV/trailer accessible
  • Excellent campsite on claim.
  • Local gravels on bedrock.
  • Small to large gravel bars.
  • Some remnant terraces.
  • Tree roots, downed trees, logs, etc.
  • Swimming holes with a decent flowing river.
  • Mining level: Recreational to intermediate.
  • Quiet and safe area.
  • Children and senior friendly - fun for all!
  • Nearest town is Taylorsville and/or Greenville. Greenville has a grocery store, gasoline, and Dollar General.

Click here for Google Earth Fly To and see an aerial photo of Light Speed and the claim boundries.

Google map it for directions to claim.
Pinpoint is on Diamond Mountain Rd @ Southern Boundary.


Estimated GPS Coordinates:
Please adjust GPS to the following Datum & Coordinate display:
Datum: NAD83/WGS84
Coordinates: UTM
Zone 10

Latitude
Longitude
Elevation
Lower Northeast Corner Boundary:
690077mE
4453543mN
4058 ft.
Diamond Mountain Rd enters/exits @ Northeastern Boundary:
690045mE
4453578mN
4026 ft.
Lights Creek enters/exits @ Northeastern Boundary:
690019mE
4453601mE
4026 ft.
Upper Northeast Corner Boundary:
690010mE
4453615mN
4039 ft.
Northwest Corner Boundary:
689869mE
4453615mN
4220 ft.
Southwest Corner Boundary:
689545mE
4453115mN
4107 ft.
Lights Creek enters/exits @ Southern Boundary:
689689mE
4453123mN
3959 ft.
Diamond Mountain Rd. enters/exits Southern Boundary:
689757mE
4453128mN
3972 ft.
Southeast Corner Boundary:
690020mE
4453142mN
4078 ft.

Standard Information

The Southern Lights placer mining claim is a non-patented federal mining claim. You will need to file appropriate annual paperwork to hold the property every year. (Ask us about our Filing Service to assist you with that!) Annual property tax assessment is approximately $1.12 an acre.

BLM Fees & Advanced Geologic Transfer Fees

Upon payment, the mineral claim will be transferred via a notarized Quitclaim notice filed in your name with Plumas County and the BLM. Limited payment terms and conditions are available; information available on request.

Advanced Geologic has an exceptional annual claim paperwork filing system that will maintain your annual filings for any claim in the United States. Advanced Geologic reminds you that you MUST file annual notices with both the county in which the claim is located AND with the Bureau of Land Management by the appropriate dates. There are NO exceptions and errors will lead to the loss of your claim! Are your claims filed correctly?

Advanced Geologic is a professional geologic consulting firm located in Chester, California. We not only sell quality mining claims, but we also help people work their claims. Our experience in resource evaluations, compliance and permitting and claim portfolio management allows our clients and buyers to go for the GOLD.

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