A map shows gold mining locations marked by yellow circles. Key areas include Alaska, Canada, U S (West), Mexico, Andes, Europe (Spain, U K), Russia (Siberia), Sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Iran, India, China, Australia, and New Zealand.
Gold | Lowest hazard | Low hazard | Moderately low hazard | Moderate hazard | Moderately high hazard | High hazard | Highest hazard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yukon | 7 | |||||||
Northwest Territories | 2 | |||||||
Nunavut | 3 | |||||||
Nova Scotia | 1 | |||||||
Saskatchewan | 1 | |||||||
Québec | 32 | |||||||
Manitoba | 17 | |||||||
Ontario | 92 | |||||||
Alaska | 255 | 2.85% | 1.92% | 2.33% | 38.6% | 2.01% | 5.60% | 5.27% |
Arizona | 360 | 6.30% | 79.1% | 4.42% | ||||
Utah | 86 | 12.7% | 56.8% | 6.12% | 1.39% | |||
District of Columbia | 100% | |||||||
Florida | 87.3% | 10.9% | ||||||
Idaho | 130 | 2.22% | 24.8% | 28.3% | 9.56% | |||
New Hampshire | 39.4% | 60.3% | ||||||
Rhode Island | 93.7% | |||||||
Vermont | 9 | 81.9% | 18.1% | |||||
Washington | 38 | 25.6% | 38.5% | 19.2% | 5.52% | 10.1% | ||
Wyoming | 8 | 5.20% | 20.2% | 63.6% | 8.78% | |||
Montana | 184 | 20.1% | 5.22% | 15.0% | 22.0% | 2.02% | ||
Maine | 63.3% | 7.54% | ||||||
North Dakota | 98.6% | 1.38% | ||||||
Kentucky | 7.69% | 64.8% | 10.2% | 7.55% | 1.03% | 3.57% | ||
Virginia | 2 | 1.50% | 39.8% | 49.9% | 5.34% | |||
Delaware | 80.2% | 18.7% | ||||||
Mississippi | 46.6% | 33.2% | 16.6% | 3.37% | ||||
West Virginia | 66.8% | 33.2% | ||||||
Nebraska | 33.8% | 2.42% | 1.45% | |||||
Texas | 1 | 54.2% | 29.7% | 7.88% | ||||
Missouri | 1 | 8.53% | 41.8% | 23.6% | 11.8% | 7.42% | 1.26% | 5.55% |
Louisiana | 6.85% | 90.8% | 1.03% | |||||
Hawaii | 7.50% | 6.67% | 9.71% | 4.93% | 52.2% | |||
North Carolina | 65 | 5.87% | 47.3% | 35.4% | 9.17% | 1.38% | ||
Oregon | 329 | 1.50% | 41.7% | 13.0% | 4.40% | 4.75% | ||
Alabama | 2 | 2.82% | 40.6% | 43.3% | 7.23% | |||
New Mexico | 71 | 7.73% | 4.90% | 54.5% | 8.67% | |||
Kansas | 42.9% | 9.98% | ||||||
Wisconsin | 95.7% | 4.01% | ||||||
British Columbia | 13 | 2.06% | ||||||
New Jersey | 17.9% | 69.2% | 10.9% | |||||
South Carolina | 1 | 22.6% | 58.4% | 8.92% | 2.25% | 7.66% | ||
Michigan | 2 | 74.0% | 24.1% | |||||
Connecticut | 98.9% | |||||||
Pennsylvania | 85.9% | 14.1% | ||||||
Colorado | 389 | 5.33% | 26.1% | 34.0% | 32.6% | |||
Nevada | 345 | 6.24% | 61.7% | 15.9% | 6.20% | 1.29% | ||
Massachusetts | 79.0% | 15.4% | ||||||
Georgia | 1 | 4.38% | 39.2% | 43.9% | 10.4% | 1.79% | ||
New York | 31.8% | 35.5% | 13.6% | 7.01% | ||||
Maryland | 87.1% | 10.7% | ||||||
Oklahoma | 43.3% | 42.2% | 13.7% | |||||
Tennessee | 1 | 28.9% | 15.6% | 11.5% | 1.92% | 8.15% | ||
California | 1431 | 3.21% | 9.22% | 1.48% | 1.10% | 28.4% | ||
Arkansas | 17.3% | 39.7% | 21.2% | 1.93% | 2.11% | 7.50% | ||
South Dakota | 49 | 27.5% | 53.6% | 8.87% | ||||
Ohio | 85.3% | 2.10% | 1.52% | |||||
Indiana | 50.5% | 36.9% | 9.25% | 3.12% | ||||
Minnesota | 99.1% | |||||||
Iowa | 92.6% | 7.45% | ||||||
Illinois | 52.5% | 18.5% | 13.6% | 11.9% | 1.07% | 1.91% | ||
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