1.Abajo Mountains - Along Johnson and Recapture Creeks. 2.Oquirrh Mountains, Bingham Canyon - Was the largest gold placer in Utah. The original topography has been altered by the open-pit mining operations. 3.Colorado River - From the mouth of the Dolores River south to the Amasa Back bend west of Moab. Most placers were from the Dirty Devil River south to the Utah-Arizona border and are now under Lake Powell. 4.Green River - From Flaming Gorge Reservoir down to Horseshoe Bend. 5.Henry Mountains - On the east flanks of Mt. Ellen in Crescent Creek and Mt. Pennell along Straight Creek. 6.House Range - In Amasa Valley and Miller Canyon. 7.La Sal Mountains - In glacial deposits and streams of Miners Basin, Wilson Mesa, Bald Mesa, and around North Mountain. 8.San Juan River - From the mouth of Montezuma Creek west to Lake Powell. 9.Tushar Mountains - In Mill Creek on the north flank of Signal Peak and near the mouth of Pine Gulch Creek in Bullion Canyon.