This study mapped out the spatial distribution of artisanal mining in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Data for the study was collected using Global Positioning System (GPS) device and Google Earth Map where coordinates of mining locations were recorded. The result was analysed using GIS software and descriptive statistical methods which were presented using percentages, tables, plates and figures. A total of 103 mining sites were identified and enumerated in 36 communities of the four local government areas under study, of which 44.7% were in clusters while, 55.3% in stand-alone mode. About 51.5% of the mining sites were active, while 48.5% abandoned. Jema’a and Birnin Gwari local government Areas were found to be the hotspot for artisanal mining activity, while Sanga and Kajuru were the local government areas with less activity in the study area. Mining is done illegally in the study area and those that involved in such activity are individuals, groups such as family/household members, friends, school teachers and members of mining communities. Implements used for the operation are diggers, hammers; shovels, head pans, winnowers and chisels, frying pan, wheel barrow, touch lights and sacks, while, underground; surface and placer mining were identified to be the forms of mining activities in the study area. It is therefore recommended that there is need to prevent illegal mining by the government of Nigeria through gathering of geological data on minerals available in the study area in order to demarcate and allocate plots which have mineral contents to miners, and hence reduce illegal mining exacerbated by discontentment.