Gold Mines in Maricopa County, AZ: 1 Open + 103 Historic

Gold mines in Maricopa County that are not abandoned

Mine	Type	MSHA status	Employees
Vulture Mine	surface	Intermittent	10

Abandoned gold mine records in Maricopa County

29 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 29 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
Atta-Boy	surface	Mar 16, 1989	n/a	n/a	n/a
Big Horn Mine	surface	Sep 6, 1990	n/a	n/a	n/a
Big Red	surface	Mar 12, 1992	n/a	n/a	n/a
Black Hawk	surface	Mar 29, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Black Hawk Gold	surface	Jan 6, 1987	n/a	n/a	n/a
Clementine Mine	processing facility	Feb 22, 1983	n/a	n/a	n/a
Everlasting Shall Be Mine Of Eden	surface	May 15, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Fancher	underground	Jul 2, 2013	Avondale	Private land or land not mapped as public	Occurrence
Forpaugh Mill	processing facility	Nov 24, 1987	n/a	n/a	n/a
George Washington Mine	underground	Feb 28, 1989	n/a	n/a	n/a
Gold Belt	underground	May 13, 1993	n/a	n/a	n/a
Gold Bug	surface	Jul 21, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Goldfield Mine	surface	Oct 20, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Greywolf #5	surface	Nov 9, 1987	n/a	n/a	n/a
Hillside Mine	surface	Feb 27, 1980	n/a	n/a	n/a
Logan	surface	May 7, 1997	n/a	n/a	n/a
Lynx	surface	Jul 22, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mystic	underground	Feb 16, 1994	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mystic Gold Mine	underground	Mar 5, 1979	n/a	n/a	n/a
P And J Mine	surface	Aug 8, 1978	n/a	n/a	n/a
Pay Dirt	surface	Aug 3, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Peoria Seven Mine	surface	Aug 2, 2002	n/a	n/a	n/a
Plant #1	surface	Jun 17, 2019	Aguila	n/a	n/a
Red Eye & Linda	underground	Sep 10, 1990	n/a	n/a	n/a
Silver Cross Mine	surface	Oct 18, 1988	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sunrise	surface	Aug 22, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sunrise Mine	underground	Feb 11, 1983	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sunrise Mine	surface	Apr 12, 1991	n/a	n/a	n/a
Union & Scarlet	surface	Apr 23, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in Maricopa County (USGS)

USGS records 103 historic gold producers in Maricopa County: 92 past producers and 11 listed as producers or plants. For 47 of them USGS gives an output size (2 medium, 45 small). Production years are recorded for 16 sites, from 1863 to 1986.

Show the 103 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
San Domingo Placers	Past producer	medium	Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Platinum	1870 to 1962
Vulture Placers	Past producer	medium	Gold	found 1867
A. B. Bell Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Agua Fria Placers	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cave Creek District Placers	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Keystone No. 1-4	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lost Spaniard Mine	Producer	small	Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc	n/a
Orizaba Mine	Producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Scott Lead Prospect	Producer	small	Lead, Gold, Silver	n/a
Valley View	Producer	small	Manganese, Gold, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Lead, Molybdenum, Copper, Calcium	found 1863
Delta Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	1913 to 1942
Rackensack Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Beryllium, Molybdenum, Lead	1915 to 1951
Sunrise Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	1916 to 1986
Black Crow Mine Group	Past producer	small	Manganese, Copper, Silver, Gold	1919 to 1930
Prince of Arizona Mine	Past producer	small	Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum, Vanadium	1920 to 1940
Mex Hill Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	1929 to 1930
El Centinillo Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead	1944 to 1956
Silver Cross Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	1957 to 1958
Altuda	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Silica	n/a
Big Horn Mountains Placers	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cave Creek Gold	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold	n/a
Copper Belt Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Copper	n/a
Copper Top Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead	to 1904
Cora Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cram's Gold Standard Prospect	Past producer	small	Mercury, Silver, Copper, Gold	n/a
El Milagro Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
El Tigre Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	found 1914
El Tigre Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold	n/a
Evening Star & Silver Queen Mine	Past producer	small	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Cliff Group	Past producer	small	Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium)	to 1941
Gold Reef Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Jack White Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1885
Lead Dike Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold	n/a
Maricopa Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Lead	to 1970
Montezuma Mine	Past producer	small	Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Vanadium, Iron, Antimony	to 1947
Moon Anchor Mine	Past producer	small	Lead, Silver, Gold	n/a
Morgan Wash Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Morning Star	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Newsboy Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Quartz, Vanadium, Manganese, Zinc	to 1942
Portmanteau Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	to 1937
Pump Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron	found 1865
Question Lode - Gunbolt Prospect	Past producer	small	Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc	n/a
Relief Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rowley Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold, Semiprecious Gemstone, Vanadium, Barium-Barite	to 1923
Surprise Venture	Past producer	small	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Tamarack Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Molybdenum, Tungsten	n/a
United States Copper Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Paydirt	Producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver	n/a
Contact	Plant	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Newsboy	Plant	n/a	Silver, Gold, Manganese, Iron, Copper	n/a
Vulture	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Iron, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Lithium	from 1863
Big Horn	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1987
U.S. Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1987
Alaska Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Altuda	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Iron, Silver, Silica	n/a
Bennett	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver	n/a
Blasted Cactus	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Copper	n/a
Clementine	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold	found 1973
Clementine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	found 1973
Copper Belt	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Copper Prince	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Copper Top	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Daisy Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Daniel Group	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten	n/a
Delta	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron	n/a
El Paso	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Beryllium, Copper, Molybdenum	n/a
El Tigre	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Fourth of July Peak	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Geronimo	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Mercury	n/a
Gold Cliff Pat. 4334	Past producer	n/a	Tungsten, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Sulfur-Pyrite	n/a
Gold Nugget	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite	n/a
Golden	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Hillside Mines-Pat. 1568	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Hillside Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lead-Dike	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Vanadium	n/a
Lotowana	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lucky Cuss	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lucky Gus	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Copper, Gold	n/a
Maricopa	Past producer	n/a	Molybdenum, Gold, Vanadium, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite	n/a
Mex Hill	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Montezuma-M.S.#2060	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Lead, Silver, Antimony, Gold, Iron, Vanadium	n/a
Moon Anchor	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Gold, Silver	n/a
Mormon Girl-Pat.#2678	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc, Silica	n/a
Morning Star	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Mystic	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Orizaba	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
P & J Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Phoenix	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Vanadium, Sulfur-Pyrite	n/a
Pikes Peak	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Prince of Arizona Mine	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Lead, Vanadium	n/a
Rawley Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Vanadium, Barium-Barite	n/a
South Vulture	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Story	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Gold, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite	n/a
Sunflower M.S. 4290	Past producer	n/a	Mercury, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Sunrise	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Iron, Silver	n/a
Sunrise Relief-Pat.#1614, 2597,4038	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Iron	n/a
Sunrise-Pat.#1142 & 1143	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Silica	n/a
Tnt	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Tonopah-Belmont	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Lead, Aluminum, Gold, Silver, Silica	n/a
U.S. Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Union M.S. 4575	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Vulture Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Wonder Group	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead	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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