Weaver Mining District
Congress prospecting club with placer claims in the old Weaver Mining District
- Formed
- 1993
- Claims
- Placer claims in the Weaver Mining District, near Stanton and Rich Hill
- Office
- Highway 71, Congress Junction
- Visitors
- Short-term passes for guests
- Name
- From the original mining district of territorial days
Club with mining claims for members
Based in Congress, Arizona.
The club's claims are for members only: contact the club to join.
Prospect on your own near Congress
177 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 Weaver Mining District
The Weaver Mining District is a non-profit prospecting club formed in 1993 in Congress, north of Wickenburg. It takes its name from the original mining district of territorial days, the Weaver district, which takes in Rich Hill, the hill where gold was famously picked up from the surface in the 1860s.
The club holds placer claims in that district, near the ghost town of Stanton, for its members. They are filed with the Bureau of Land Management under the name of the Arizona Association of Mining Districts, and in 2026 the association had 16 active claims covering about 320 acres. Members pay yearly family dues, and short-term passes let visitors try the claims for a few days.
The club office is on Highway 71 at Congress Junction, and it is the place to sign up and to ask about the claims, the rules of the area and what is turning up.
Other clubs and places nearby
- Lost Dutchman's Mining Association - Stanton CampClub · 7 mi
- Wickenburg Gem and Mineral SocietyClub · 15 mi
- Gold Mine Experience (Bloo Nelly Mine)Pay-to-dig · 16 mi
- Lynx Creek Gold Pan Day Use AreaFree public dig · 37 mi
- American Gold Prospecting AdventuresPay-to-dig · 40 mi
- Prescott Gem and Mineral ClubClub · 40 mi
Where to buy gear nearby
- Dry Mining EquipmentOnline shop · 1 mi
- Nugget Shooter Metal Detector SalesOnline shop · 25 mi
- A & B Prospecting Supplies (Prescott Valley)Shop · 42 mi
- Sedig's PlaceOnline shop · 45 mi