Gold Mines in Gila County, AZ: 9 Abandoned + 153 Historic

Abandoned gold mine records in Gila County

9 records marked abandoned by MSHA. They are listed for reference only. Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.

Show the 9 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
Bonanza	surface	Oct 28, 1992	n/a	n/a	n/a
Charlie D	surface	Feb 2, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Gold Dust Mine	processing facility	Jul 3, 1986	n/a	n/a	n/a
Golden Wonder	processing facility	Mar 15, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Lost Cause #1	surface	May 9, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sunchief Mine	processing facility	Nov 5, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Westlinc Mine	surface	May 10, 1993	n/a	n/a	n/a
Yankee Dollar Mine	underground	Aug 27, 1981	n/a	n/a	n/a
Zulu Mine	surface	Mar 13, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in Gila County (USGS)

USGS records 153 historic gold producers in Gila County: 115 past producers and 38 listed as producers or plants. For 61 of them USGS gives an output size (2 medium, 59 small). Production years are recorded for 53 sites, from 1870 to 1982. The most common deposit type is porphyry Cu (3 sites).

Show the 153 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Arizona Commercial Mine	Past producer	medium	Copper, Gold, Silver, Silica	1905 to 1979
Superior and Boston Mine	Past producer	medium	Copper, Silver, Gold, Manganese	1908 to 1959
Mc Morris Mines	Producer	small	Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper	from 1875
Old Pioneer Mine	Producer	small	Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper	1875 to 1969
Golden Eagle Mine	Producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	1878 to 1937
Grand Prize Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	1885 to 1956
Cowboy Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Mercury, Zinc, Vanadium, Molybdenum	1895 to 1925
Dripping Springs Mines	Producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	1901 to 1953
Continental Mine	Producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	from 1906
Al and Hal Mine	Producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	1907 to 1945
Hogvall Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	1907 to 1942
Radium Mine	Producer	small	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Manganese, Vanadium	1907 to 1933
Stonewall Mine	Producer	small	Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Manganese, Vanadium	1908 to 1921
Apex Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Aluminum	1910 to 1941
New Dominion Mine	Producer	small	Lead, Copper, Manganese, Gold, Silver, Vanadium	1911 to 1955
Cedar Tree Mine	Producer	small	Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc	1913 to 1933
Renfro Group	Producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	1913 to 1918
Ramboz Mine	Producer	small	Silver, Copper, Manganese, Gold, Lead, Zinc	1914 to 1954
Ox Bow Mine	Producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite	1916 to 1936
Seventy-Nine Mine	Producer	small	Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Semiprecious Gemstone, Gold, Molybdenum, Antimony, Vanadium, Iron	1920 to 1962
Raven Group	Producer	small	Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper	1922 to 1941
Spring Creek Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver	1926 to 1931
Money Metals Mine	Producer	small	Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum	1928 to 1940
Charles Mine	Producer	small	Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold	1931 to 1942
Gowan Mine	Producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	1932 to 1940
Silver King Mine	Producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum	1933 to 1934
Gold Queen Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	1936 to 1950
Cracker Jack Mine	Producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	1942 to 1956
So and So Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	1947 to 1961
Pontiac Mine	Producer	small	Copper, Manganese, Gold, Silver	1954
Barbarossa Placer	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dripping Spring Placers	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Zulu Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Vanadium	to 1940
Rescue Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold	1870 to 1950
Golden Wonder Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	from 1877
Old Dominion Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Asbestos, Aluminum, Kaolin	1882 to 1957
Gibson Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	1903 to 1975
Cole and Goodwin Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver	1908 to 1940
Gem Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Manganese, Zinc	1908 to 1947
Iron Cap Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold, Uranium	1908 to 1963
Highline Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Manganese, Silver, Gold	1915 to 1952
Samsel Mine	Past producer	small	Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum	1924 to 1958
Apache Mine	Past producer	small	Vanadium, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Semiprecious Gemstone	1929 to 1957
Cactus Mine	Past producer	small	Molybdenum, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc	1929 to 1964
Albert Lea Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Zinc	1941 to 1946
Quartz Ledge	Past producer	small	Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Gold	1971 to 1973
Red Rock Mine	Past producer	small	Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Gold	1971 to 1973
Bobtail Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Lead, Zinc	to 1950
Bronx Mine	Past producer	small	Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
C & B Vanadium Mine	Past producer	small	Vanadium, Molybdenum, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Bismuth	n/a
Chilito Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Silica, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum	to 1962
Columbia Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Defiance Mine Apache Mine	Past producer	small	Vanadium, Lead, Silver, Gold	n/a
Gold-Copper Mines Co.	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
London-Arizona Mine	Past producer	small	Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Molybdenum, Bismuth	to 1950
Payson Placers	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Premier Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Lead, Copper, Tungsten, Zinc	n/a
Rastar Claims Mine	Past producer	small	Tungsten, Gold, Silver	n/a
Regan Camp Prospects	Past producer	small	Lead, Copper, Silver, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Gold	n/a
Roadside Mine	Past producer	small	Asbestos, Gold, Silver	n/a
Westlake Prospect	Past producer	small	Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead	n/a
Pinto Valley	Producer	n/a	Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Gemstone, Rhenium, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite	from 1906
Cyprus Miami	Producer	n/a	Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold, Rhodium, Zinc, Lead, PGE	from 1915
Christmas Concentrator	Producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Inspiration Leaching Plant	Producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Zulu	Producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite	n/a
Red Rock	Plant	n/a	Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver	from 1971
(Facility) Cyprus Miami Copper Refinery	Plant	n/a	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Copper Cities & Diamond H	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, Uranium, Gemstone	from 1896
Christmas	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Iron, Silver, Gold	1905 to 1982
Oxbow Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite	from 1916
Seventy-Nine Property	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Antimony, Gold, Iron, Molybdenum, Vanadium	from 1920
Samsel Property	Past producer	n/a	Tungsten, Gold, Lead, Silver, Molybdenum	from 1924
Quartz Ledge	Past producer	n/a	Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver	from 1971
Abbie and Ross	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Albert Lea Tunnels	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Vanadium	n/a
Apex Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Arctic	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Arizona-Globe Copper Property	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Barbarossa Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Blue Goose	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Bobtail Group	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Tungsten, Lead	n/a
Bracamonte Claims	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Gold	n/a
Bronx Copper Property	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver	n/a
Buckeye Shaft	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Bull Hill	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold	n/a
Callahan	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cedar Tree Deposit	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Copper, Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Christmas Gift M S 4587	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Collom Property	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead	n/a
Columbia Property	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Contact Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Copper Belt Claims	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Cow Boy	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Vanadium, Mercury	n/a
Crackerjack	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Defiance Lead	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Tungsten, Vanadium	n/a
Delaware Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dripping Spring Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dripping Springs Mining Co Prop	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Erie Property	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver, Mercury	n/a
Excursion Patent M S 773	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Gem Property	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Manganese, Zinc, Gold	n/a
Gold Bug Placer M S 3045	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Eagle Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Golden Wonder	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Gowan	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Grand Prize	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Grubstake Claims	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Uranium	n/a
Hogvall Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hoopes Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
House	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold	n/a
Independence Group	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Irene Mine	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Iron Cap Property	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Gold, Uranium	n/a
Joker 1 To 3	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Josephine Claims	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
La Turco	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
London Arizona Consolidated	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Molybdenum, Perlite, Vanadium, Silver	n/a
Lost Gulch Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lydia Mining Claims	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Maggie Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Marland Claims	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Miami East	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold	found 1969
Michael Moran Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Money Metals Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
North Dominion Copper Min & Dev	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Silver	n/a
Original Old Dominion	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Pay Rock Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Payson Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pittsburg Tonto	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ralston Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc	n/a
Rambo Group	Past producer	n/a	Manganese, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Raven Group	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Copper, Gold	n/a
Ray Eastern Copper Co Claims	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Red Warrior	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Renfro Group	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Rescue Mine	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Copper, Gold	n/a
Richmond Basin Silver Placers	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite	n/a
San Bernardo Jr Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Savage	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Silver Creek	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Silver King	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper	n/a
Silver Nugget	Past producer	n/a	Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Single Standard	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Spring Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Squatter	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Summit	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Tomboy Gold and Copper Co	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Troy Claims Gila County	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Vindicator Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Waif	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Westlake Tungsten Property	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Tungsten, Gold	n/a
Wild Bull Claims	Past producer	n/a	Tungsten, Copper, Gold, Silver, Chromium	n/a

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. Sites already matched to an MSHA record are shown in the MSHA tables.

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