$400 Per Month Miningclaim Ownership Queen Valley, AZ 85118
Estimated payment $2/month
About This Lot
LEGENDARY SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS GOLD PROSPECTING
MINING CLAIM OWNERSHIP
OWNER FINANCING
This is a legally registered unpatented 20 acre placer, gold and gem mining claim for sale, the Superstition Canyon #1, located in Hewitt Canyon and Hackberry Canyon, this area having a history of gold discoveries.
Located about 15 miles from the quaint mountain town of Queen Valley that has all the necessities, about 33 miles from the larger city of Apache Junction, and 65 miles east of Phoenix, In Pinal County, Arizona.
Gold prices are currently over $4000 per ounce.
Gold and gemstones abound in this area.
See the Buying Process further down this listing to see how to purchase my claim,
and my owner financing options to choose from.
Click on the top listing picture to see all the maps and satellite views.
The Superstition Mountains are a rock collectors heaven including an abundance of gemstones.
This area has one of the longest histories of gemstone production.
Arizona ranks first for where all of the natural gems are located and is famous for its turquoise and petrified wood.
This historical area of the Superstition Mountains has the most desired claims and lives up to its reputation that is so widespread. The legend of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine centers around the Superstition Mountains. According to the legend, a German immigrant named Jacob Waltz discovered a mother lode of gold in the Superstition Wilderness and revealed its location on his deathbed in Phoenix in 1891 to Julia Thomas, a boarding-house owner who had taken care of him for many years.
Many since then, and even today, search for the Lost Dutchman Mine, including the TV series, Legends of the Superstition Mountains.
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.
Another good sign for our claims here are the other experienced prospectors who have claims in this same area before us.
A large, extended wash runs thru the claim being a good place for gold deposits.
There is an open camping spot off the claim road.
The claim is in a canyon surrounded by mountain buttes, being great places for gem prospecting.
The wash on the claim is a great advantage for prospecting, especially when the summer rains run down the wash, then depositing gold flakes down from the mountains, buttes, and rock formations.
The claim is located on Hewitt Canyon Road, being one of the better roads in the Superstition Mountains.
This Hewitt Canyon area is all claimed up, as is an historical area for gold prospecting.
Up the mountains on the claim are good areas to explore for gems with your rock hammer.
Besides gold, this is also a great place to hunt for specimen rocks and other gemstones as agate and ruby red garnets are often found in this geological region.
Arrowheads and relics are often found in this area dating back to the Apaches.
BUYING PROCESS:
To purchase my claim, the process would be, I would need your name(s) and mailing address, 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 payment.
After receiving your final monthly payment, I will process 2 notarized deeds, transferring my claim ownership over to you, with both the BLM and Pinal County.
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.
A mining claim is an affordable way to enjoy the beauty of the land combined with the adventure of panning for gold.
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.
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.
Claim buyer will also receive a new, free, Gold Panning Kit:
One 14 inch Gold Trap pan; One 10.5 inch Gravity Trap pan, One combination sifter/classifier with 7/16 of an inch exit holes, One Gold Guzzler snuffer bottle, One Tweezers/ Magnifying Glass combo tool.
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.
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.
This is a 20 acre unpatented, gold mining claim, the Superstition Canyon #1 placer claim.
The claim is legally registered with the Bureau of Land Management out of Phoenix and Pinal County. You own the mineral rights, not sharing with others, on the 20 acres, and use your 20 acres, recreationally for camping: tent, camper, or RV, and prospecting. In awesome Hewitt Canyon, with beautiful views of nearby mountain ranges and rock formations. Great combination of good access, wilderness beauty, and gold prospecting potential.
See the listing onsite pictures, showing one of the most beautiful areas in Arizona. This claim is surrounded by mountain views. Located in the Tonto National Forest and the Superstition 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.
For any building like a shed, you need to file a Plan of Operation with the BLM for approval. For anything to live in, you would need to file a Plan of Operation with the BLM for approval, and to be considered, you would need to have developed a full-time mining operation.
For the possibility of constructing any building you or others could live in, you need to file a Plan of Operation with the BLM for approval, showing you have developed a full-time operation performing diligent mining.
You do not need a plan, permission nor a permit to camp and prospect.
You do not need to be a full time prospector to file a Plan for a shed type structure.
With an approved BLM Plan of Operation, a building can be built on the land: any building that benefits and improves the claim.
As stated by the BLM, this can be the "construction of a building, road, fence, or enclosure necessary for mining."
Current usage, is what the BLM calls, Casual Use: panning, shovel, rock hammer, metal detector, creek powered sluice box, where no permission nor permit is needed to camp and 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.
On our trips to the claim, we found about 1/8 of an ounce of gold in and around the extended wash on the claim, value approx. $250. Those with more time to prospect may find more. Today's gold prices are over $4000/ounce.
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 historically rich area for gold prospecting.
We also found crystals, fire agate, and chrysocolla.
I know of no more accessible areas in these mountains to locate a claim, as the whole area is claimed up, many being long time prospectors.
You are allowed to po
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| Date | Event | Price | List to Sale | Price per Sq Ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/17/2025 11/17/25 | For Sale | $400 | -- | -- |
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