To Trap a God
So I'd like to preface this post by saying that all of my deductions and facts are based on the Chant of Light and in-game codex's in the most literal sense. I know there are many theories to do with the Elven Pantheon, but this post is not taking those theories into consideration.
Now to begin. I was reading on the Wiki when I noticed that there was an actual confirmed location of an Old God Prison. Further reading led me to notice that the Prison was in fact in the part of the Deep Roads we visit in the 'Descent' DLC. This intrigued me and I scoured the forums for locations of other Old God Prisons, but I could not find any unfortunately. So I did many hours of research and have created what I believe to be a plausible map of the location of 6/7 Old God Prisons, and the Archdemon that was imprisoned in each. I will explain myself for each location and cite my evidence.
Map of Old God Prisons
Dumat was tough to place, as records from back then are hazy. This location is only an informed guess. The reason I estimated here was because The Magisters landed at the former site of Barindur when cast from the Golden City (Canticle of Silence 3:16). Barindur is said to have been located on the Southern Coast of The Nocen Sea. The 1st Blight also began in the same year as the Magisters were cast out, so they couldn't have traveled far (also they would have had difficulty traveling through Tevinter). And not that I counted this as evidence, but it seemed right somehow that the 1st Blight began at the center of Thedas.
Luckily for me, it is almost outright stated that the 2nd Blight began in the southern Anderfels (World of Thedas Vol. 1, Pg. 156-157). It is likely that Zazikel's prison is somewhere in the Hunterhorn Mountains.
Although no outright location is stated, from looking at the initial attacks of the 3rd Blight, it becomes apparent that Toth was imprisoned somewhere in the Northern Orlais and Southern Tevinter region.
Andoral was buried somewhere in Aniva. This is made clear by the opening battles of the 4th Blight, which resulted in the destruction of every Antivan City, save for it's capital. The Darkspawn then proceeded to simultaneously ravage both Rivain and The Free Marches.
Now this is where we begin to have more evidence. In a letter from Legionnaire Kardol to The Orzammar Shaperate, Kardol spoke of finding an empty Old God Prison beneath Heidrun Turning (Wolrd of Thedas Vol. 2, Pg. 106). I strongly believe this to be the Prison of Uthemiel, as it is the only prison even remotely close to Ferelden. Heidrun Turning is also relatively close to Bownammar (the location where we physically see the Archdemon in the Deep Roads during Origins).
This one is the most interesting. There are multiple references to an Old God being below The Western Approach, including this Ancient Warden Logbook.
As we can see from the above journal, there almost certainly is an Old God beneath the Western Approach. However, if that wasn't enough, Cole has some very interesting dialogue in the Western Approach. "The Darkspawn are below us. A long way, but still singing". Note that this dialogue is only in the Western Approach. There is no way to be sure whether it is Luscuan or Razikale slumbering below, however. The ONLY piece of evidence is that the pronoun 'he' is used, and Luscuan is a male (whereas Razikale is a female). The use of one pronoun, however, seems insignificant as evidence.
Final Thoughts
Where is the 7th Old God Prison? We have no way of knowing. I personally think it may be somewhere in the Northern Anderfels, but that is just a personal thought of mine without any evidence to back it up. What do you guys think? Please tell me if I have any facts wrong, I have not read all of the books so I may have missed something. Thanks guys! 
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