GPAA Phoenix Chapter
One of the largest GPAA chapters in the country, active since 1997
- Since
- 1997
- Meets
- 1st Thursday of the month, 7 pm
- Where
- VFW Post 9400, 804 E Purdue Ave, Phoenix
- Members
- About 230
- Claims
- GPAA claims for members of the national association
- Beginners
- Mentors who take new members out prospecting
Club with mining claims for members
Based in Phoenix, Arizona.
The club's claims are for members only: contact the club to join.
Prospect on your own near Phoenix
101 gold spots on open public land with no claim on record, within 50 miles.
There are more on the map, some of them with a possible mining claim.
About GPAA Phoenix Chapter
Active since 1997, the Phoenix chapter of the GPAA, known as GPAP, is one of the largest in the country, with about 230 members.
It meets on the first Thursday of the month at 7 pm at VFW Post 9400, 804 E Purdue Ave in north Phoenix. Meetings have guest speakers on prospecting topics and drawings for gold nuggets and door prizes. The chapter has mentors who are happy to take new members out and help them find their first color, and an active Facebook group where outings are organized.
In June 2019 the chapter sent out a call for help: two GPAA claims, Soldier Boy and Double J, needed an urgent clean-up, and members from Apache Junction came to work alongside them.
Joining the chapter goes hand in hand with joining the national association, which opens its claim guide, with ground for members across the country, Arizona included. For a beginner in Phoenix, mentors who already know those claims are the shortest way to a first flake of gold.
Other clubs and places nearby
- Roadrunner Prospectors ClubClub · 2 mi
- Arizona Association of Gold ProspectorsClub · 3 mi
- Mineralogical Society of ArizonaClub · 7 mi
- Gold Fever of the West Valley (GPAA)Club · 7 mi
- Southwest Paleontological SocietyClub · 17 mi
- Daisy Mountain Rock and Mineral ClubClub · 21 mi
Where to buy gear nearby
- Miners Rock ShopShop · 14 mi
- Falcon Metal DetectorsOnline shop · 17 mi
- RDH ProspectingOnline shop · 17 mi
- Rob's Detector SalesOnline shop · 18 mi