Further up the claim road are archaeological sites in a red sandstone canyon, home to ancient cliff dwellings with pictographs (ancient rock drawings).

Great nightly star gazing with clean air and dark skies.

The Sedona area follows a Dark Skies policy, meaning, all are asked to limit their outdoor lighting at night to take in the magnificent star gazing that this area is famous for.

The red rock scenery of Sedona has long been an iconic setting for Hollywood films about the Old West and a popular magnet for artists and tourists alike. Sedona is

committed to preserving its small-town charm, and thanks to the sustained efforts of concerned residents, its dark night skies. In recognition of Sedona’s efforts protecting this important natural resource, the International Dark-Sky Association has designated the city of Sedona the world’s eighth International Dark Sky Community.

Owning a mining claim is having access to a lifetime of great family fun and recreation, in a very beautiful, natural setting: Arizona, is a great, scenic state, where the spirit of the old west still lives on.

We feel we are selling more than the gold and gems on beautiful land.

You would be acquiring an experience that will give you a good feel for what the old time prospectors must have felt during the days of the original Arizona Gold Rush.

A mining claim is an affordable way to enjoy the beauty of the land combined with the adventure of panning for gold and searching for gems.

See further down the listing the Buying Process, my financing options to choose from, and how to purchase my claim,

See with the listing pictures maps and satellite views.

Click on the top listing picture then arrow right to see all.

Up the buttes on the claim are good places for gems.

It is a good sign that the federal govt. has withdrawn minerals in this area speaking to the value for owning claims in this area outside of the areas withdrawn.

National Forests remained open at all times during the virus with a televised invitation by the Director for families to visit them as safe places for family recreation, making our mining claims some of the safest places for your family to enjoy and get away from all the nonsense.

A lode claim differs from our placer claims, as on a lode claim you can dig into the mountain side and can even go to the extent of building a mine shaft.

Having a lode claim is an advantage as you can dig into the claim with a shaft if you choose,

and with the washes also on the claim, you can also prospect in the washes for gold, increasing your prospecting potential.

Our lode claim has a valuable mineral of crystals in veins (called lodes) cutting thru rocks.

Quartz and crystals are frequently found together and digging into the quartz vein is called chasing the vein.

A vein of quartz runs thru the claim, where we found some crystal deposits as well as turquoise deposits.

On the claim I found a crystal vein with crystals in the rock and a turquoise vein, with turquoise in the rock. Turquoise is the official Arizona state gem.

Pick and shovel, rock hammer, metal detector, and is hard rock mining.

I did not expose the whole veins, though was able to follow them going through the claim, intermittently.

The process of lode, hard rock mining, is the process where gems are extracted directly from the lode vein beneath the ground. Dig down about 3 feet as go through the claim, then pick, shovel, and rock hammer working the sides of that hole. Filling in the holes when leave the claim as required by the national forest.

For the use of any machinery, you need to file a Plan of Operation with the BLM for approval.

Scratch your rock ore against an unglazed white ceramic streak plate.

If it's gold, it will leave a golden streak. Or scratch the surface of the specimen with a knife. Gold is a soft metal that will show scratch marks.

The claim is located in a valley surrounded by buttes, rock formations, and mountains where summer rains bring down gems and gold into the valley onto the claim.

Find gems on your claim for your personal collection or start your own gem selling business.

The Sedona area has a number of people whose gem business is thriving.

As a claim owner, no one else can use the gold and gems on your claim nor even look for them.

There are also Sedona jewelers whose sole business is to cut and polish gems for jewelry if you choose to go that route.

You will also receive a free Prospecting Kit that includes,

a Rockhounding Geology Hammer Tool, Rock Pick Axe, 3 PCS Digging Chisels Kit, with Musette Bag, and a Compass. See picture of that kit with the listing pictures.

Using a battery operated water recirculating wash plant, dry washer, or gold magic spin wheel need little or no water for your prospecting, and a rock hounding kit, noted on the listing is a free gift for you.

See pictures of those on the listing.

ARIZONA ROCKHOUDING

Arizona is one of the best states in the United States for finding gemstones in the wild. Gemstones can be found all across the state of Arizona, and over eight main types of rocks and minerals can be collected there. Arizona is an incredible place to rockhound, not just because of its diversity of native gemstones but also because of its beautiful natural landscapes.

Rockhounding is more than just a hobby; it is a lifestyle. Arizona is a fantastic place to find rocks, minerals, and crystals that can be displayed in a collection, made into jewelry, or sold to local jewelry and rock and mineral stores. There are also a variety of Arizona-based rock and gem shows that you can attend or even sell your own specimens.

Arizona, The Grand Canyon State, is obviously no stranger to rocks and gemstones.

Arizona is one of the highest caliber rockhounding states and receives visitors from all corners of the world in search of Arizona gold, rocks, gemstones, minerals and fossils which find themselves scattered across this geologic treasure trove.

Theres a reason that one of the largest gem and mineral shows in the world is held in Arizona. Every winter in Tucson, Arizona, exhibitors from all over the world come together to show off their collections of rocks, gemstones and minerals.

The washes on the claim will multiply your gold prospecting potential.

Those are a good places for gold, and the surrounding area of buttes and mountains are good places for gems.

For you off roaders, a jeep climb is in the area to test your adventure driving, known as the Diamond Back Sedona Hill Climb.

Mining Claims are also a great investment, as claims go up in value over time, just as land does.

if you purchase a claim from us, at no charge, I would help you if you ever decided to sell in the future.

Yavapai County where our claims are located in the central part of Arizona, ranks first historically in the State in gold production.

Our claims are in the same area of the Jerome (Verde) Mining District which has a history of being the largest gold producing area in Arizona, having contributed about 1,565,000 ounces of gold over the years, with the county history of gold discoveries being 3,800,000 ounces of gold.

Though mineral deposits were known in this area long before the Civil War, the first prospectors were Union soldiers with mining experience from California.

We are excited about the gems you will find in this area.

Known also as a gem area, when the rains start coming, Verde Valley rockhounds come running. The gem hunting in this area is so popular that a large club is active in Sedona.

Quartz is abundant and is also an area for crystals, turquoise, amethyst, jasper, agates, opals and some can be found above ground.

The Sedona Rockhounding Club has one area they explore being from Sedona stretching southwest to the town of Crown King.

Our claims are in this direct path for gem exploration.

BUYING PROCESS:

To purchase my claim, I would need how you want your name(s) and street mailing address on the contract, and which payment option you choose, where I would scan and email you a signed contract.

Total price of $3500, that can be paid in one full payment where your ownership is then transferred after receiving payment,

or $3500, paying $1750 first month, and $1750 2nd month,

or $3500, paying $1500 first month, $1000 2nd month, and $1000 3rd month,

or $3500, paying $700 per month for 5 months,

or $3500, paying $500 per month for 7 months,

or $4000, paying $400 per month for 10 months.

A $199 deed processing fee is paid with final monthly payment.

Upon receiving your final payment, I will process 2 notarized deeds, transferring my claim ownership over to you with both the Bureau of land Management and Yavapai County.

Gold Prices have reached an all time high of over $4000.

Crystals and turquoise are at about $500 per ounce.

And other gems abound in this area.

Having been to Sedona in the past and loving our experience, we looked to locate claims there.

We were also motivated by a claim in this area where the family has owned and worked it since 1947.

Our claims are in Sycamore Canyon and not to far from Red Rock State Park and the beauty of our claim area is much like landscapes around Sedona and the canyon area.

Our claims are in Yavapai County, being in the same county as the TV gold prospecting show on The Discovery Channel, Dave Turins Lost Mine.

The Sedona Mago Resort is nearby.

Cool Village of Oak Creek is just 5 miles south of Sedona.

Within hiking distance is the Sedona Wetlands Preserve that attracts a large variety of birds where there is a parking area, restrooms, and picnic benches.

I am a retired teacher and got into prospecting as a hobby with my family.

I am 75 and my wife 73, and we have gained the experience to select the best areas to locate claims.

If within one year you are not satisfied with your claim, you can trade for another comparable claim, just paying the BLM and County transfer fees which will be about $125 per claim.

The washes also on the claim are a great advantage for prospecting, especially when the summer rains run down the washes, then depositing gold flakes down from the mountains and rock formations, and which also exposes gem veins.

This is a 20.66 acre unpatented, gold and gem lode mining claim, the Sedona Gem Lode #1

The claim is legally registered with the Bureau of Land Management out of Phoenix and the Yavapai County Recorder. You own the mineral rights, not sharing with others, on the 20.66 acres, and use your 20.66 acres, recreationally for camping: tent, camper, or RV, and prospecting. In awesome Sycamore Canyon and the San Francisco Mountains, with beautiful views of mountain ranges and rock formations. Great combination of good access, wilderness beauty, and gold and gem prospecting potential.

Yavapai County is one of the four original Arizona counties formed in September of 1864, one year after the Arizona Territory was established. The County was named after the Yavapai Tribe, whose name means the people of the sun.

Yavapai County is a land of deep character and changing terrain. Views are far-reaching capped by clear blue skies. Prehistoric remains of the Sinaguan people are tucked into sandstone ledges and prominent hilltops. Area lakes are nestled in the pines surrounded by thousands of miles of hiking, biking, and horseback riding trails. The real spirit of the West is fully alive in this timeless territory.

Sedona is red rock country. Multi-hued stone formations jut upwards from the high desert floor creating a vivid, mesmerizing setting that changes hourly with the light. When USA Weekend compiled their Most Beautiful Places in America list, Sedona claimed the top spot. Surrounded by 1.8 million acres of national forest land, visitors have instant access to recreational activities. Trails for hiking and biking, along with bouncy jeep tracks, weave among the bristling forest of pinnacles, spires, buttes and domes. Yet, you are never far from the indulgences of town.

Sedona is equal parts rugged, equal parts resort. Regarded by Native Americans as sacred, Sedona continues to be recognized as a place of healing and spiritual renewal. Many come to experience the vortex energy centers of Sedona. Others want to prowl the 40-plus art galleries lining the streets, or to receive soothing treatments from the dozens of spa facilities. Most recently, with its nearby vineyards and tasting rooms, Sedona has emerged as a destination for wine enthusiasts.

The Grand Canyon is 2 hours north, and there are day tours out of Sedona.

See the listing onsite pictures, showing one of the most beautiful areas in America. These claims are surrounded by mountain and rock formation views.

Located in the Coconino National Forest and the San Francisco Mountains.

Location Monument is a 4 foot wood post that has been placed, with an attached copy of our Location Notice, as required by the Arizona BLM.

Current usage, is what the BLM calls, Casual Use: panning, shovel, rock hammer, metal detector, recycling sluice box, where no permission nor permit is needed to prospect.

You can prospect as little or as much as you like.

Now that we have located the claim, you never have to declare to the BLM any gold or gems you find.

Though the primary prospecting on the claim is for gems, there is also some gold in this area, On our trips to the claim, we found about 1/8 of an ounce of gold in the washes on the claim, value approx. $250 along with the crystal/quartz vein where now 1 ounce of finished/polished crystals = $1000. We found about $300 worth of crystals and turquoise in the claim veins.

Those with more time to prospect may find more.

Gold prices have gone up over $500 per ounce in just this past year.

Though we could never guarantee what you will find, we did locate this claim in an historical area gem prospecting.

You are allowed to post No Trespassing for Prospecting signs in and around the claim.

A mining claim owner may limit or restrict public recreational use of/or public access across claims or portions of claims that are actively used for prospecting, mining, or processing operations where public recreational use of a claim would endanger or materially interfere with legitimate mining pursuits.

20.66 acres = 600 ft. x 1500 ft.

The claim has direct, national forest road access, an area for parking, and gold and gems discovered in prospecting.

Driving Directions:

12.7 miles West of Sedona.

Take AZ-89A South out of Sedona.

Turn right/North, on Loy Butte Road, also known as National Forest Road 525, which us the claim road.

Loy Butter Road/AZ-89A intersection is at GPS 34.8141, -111.9049.

Is about 6 miles from that intersection to the claim.

Then follow GPS coordinates below to the claim.

GPS Coordinates:

Sedona Gem Lode #1

NW 34.8903, -111.9107

NE 34.8903, -111.9052

SW 34.8884, -111.9107

SE 34.8884, -111.9052

Your 20.66 acres is the located in the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and part of the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 2, Township 17N, Range 4E, G&SR Meridian, known as the Sedona Gem Lode #1, 20.66 acre mining claim, in Yavapai County, Arizona.

BLM Claim number: AZ106759275

The washes on the claim becomes gold mineralized ground and acts as gold catch basins.

This claim is in a very mineralized area, and is great for rock hounds, metal detecting, relic hunting, fossils, gems, and artifacts.

The extended crystal/quartz vein has the famous Sedona crystals.

A transfer of ownership is a sale of legal, exclusive ownership of a mining claim site. To be a legally recorded claim, gold and/or gems had to be found on the claim, which was completed by us, as we are the original claim locators.

Your ownership is legally conveyed via Quit Claim deeds, and legally recorded with the BLM and Yavapai County. A Quit Claim deed is the required legal document per the BLM.

Each year, on or before September 1st, you need to file a simple form with the Bureau of Land Management, along with $200. You can also pay online with the BLM by credit card.

We will supply this form to you.

Fees are paid, not due again until September 1, 2026.

There are no taxes on mining claims in Arizona.

You must be a current US citizen with a US address to own a mining claim in the US.

An unpatented mining claim is a specific parcel of federal land, valuable for a specific mineral deposit or deposits. It is a parcel for which an individual has asserted a legal right of possession and the right to develop and extract a discovered, valuable, mineral deposit. Mining claims are real property that you can buy, sell, or inherit. After proving the existence of valuable minerals on the land, the claim is legally recorded with the Bureau of Land Management, and Yavapai County.

Gold occurs in gravels in the metallic state and when so found has various physical characteristics. Gold is dense and heavy, it has a characteristic metallic color, and it is soft and easily malleable (it is easily formed by hammering). These are the characteristics used by prospectors to identify gold in the field.

Lode gold occurs on the claim usually in quartz veins derived from gossan formed by weathering, and oxidation of the gold, copper and iron rich veins. Gold is derived from the erosion of mineralized fault zones on the claim.

The Federal Government owns the land.

You are purchasing the mineral rights.

You own the mineral rights, including gold and gems on the claim, as real property, being the same legal ownership as for land and homes.

You can legally camp for free on any of the 8 national forest designated areas, one of these areas being right down the road.

A claim owner does not need permission nor a permit to camp and prospect.

Prospect, explore, and camp on the whole 20.66 acres.

This is not a sharing of a mining claim: Is your exclusive ownership.

TERMS:

To purchase my claim, I would need how you want your name(s) and street mailing address on the contract, and which payment option you choose, where I would scan and email you a signed contract.

Total price of $3500, that can be paid in one full payment where your ownership is then transferred after receiving payment,

or $3500, paying $1750 first month, and $1750 2nd month,

or $3500, paying $1500 first month, $1000 2nd month, and $1000 3rd month,

or $3500, paying $700 per month for 5 months,

or $3500, paying $500 per month for 7 months,

or $4000, paying $400 per month for 10 months.

A $199 deed processing fee is paid with final monthly payment.

Upon receiving your final payment, I will process 2 notarized deeds, transferring my claim ownership over to you with both the Bureau of land Management and Yavapai County.

And just a note of encouragement for you if purchase: my wife and I have located, prospected on, and sold mining claims in California, Colorado, & Arizona, going on now for over 25 years.

You can trust we will process your notarized deeds correctly and quickly. In that mining claims are processed thru the Bureau of Land Management, a Federal Govt. agency, not following thru per our legally signed contract, would be a federal crime.

I certainly will do what I say, and would never put myself nor my wife in any legal jeopardy. Also, we have sold properties on 3 sites online for over 25 years: Landcom, Landwatch, and LandandFarm.

Our continued good status on these sites is due to our always following thru,

as just one time we would not we would not be allowed on these sites ever again.

COMMENTS FROM SATISFIED CLAIM BUYERS:

"We live in Arizona and purchased a mining claim from Mr. Leu.

The claim is everything as advertised. The area red rock formations make for awesome views. We have camped on our claim a number of times and have found gold in the wash on our claim and a lot of gems on the claim buttes. We are very happy with our purchase.

“Living in another state, we were a little skeptical on buying a mining claim in Arizona. But our personal experience with Mr. Leu has been a family blessing.

Our camping and prospecting has brought our family closer together.

We were so pleased, we bought a claim in Colorado from Mr. Leu, and are looking to buy one also in California as we look to plan family vacations around our claims.”

“Love my Arizona claim! I have been spending a lot of time there. I have found relics, artifacts, gems, and some gold. I am so happy with my purchase and thank you for being honest and trustworthy.”