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Historic gold producers in Alpine County (USGS)

USGS records 74 historic gold producers in Alpine County: 70 past producers and 4 listed as producers or plants. For 60 of them USGS gives an output size (3 medium, 57 small).

Show the 74 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Leviathan	Past producer	medium	Sulfur, Copper, Gold, Silver, Iron, Mercury	n/a
Morning Star	Past producer	medium	Silver, Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite	n/a
Zaca	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten, Antimony	found 1857
Colorado No.2 Tarshish	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Leviathan	Producer	small	Copper, Sulfur, Gold, Silver	n/a
Advance	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper	n/a
Alhambra Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten, Molybdenum	n/a
Alpine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Alpine Fairview	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold	n/a
Alpine Happy Thought	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Molybdenum	n/a
B. and J Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Copper	n/a
Balaklava	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Jack	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Boulder Hill	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bueno	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cal-Pine	Past producer	small	Tungsten, Gold, Silver	n/a
Cal-Pine Mine	Past producer	small	Tungsten, Gold	n/a
Colorado Hill	Past producer	small	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper	n/a
Curtz Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Dixon	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Esmeralda	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Exchequer	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Antimony	n/a
Flint	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Fremont	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Fremont	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Georgiana	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Globe	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Globe	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Good Hope	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1863
Highland Mary Etal	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
I X L	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Antimony	n/a
Imperial Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Isabella	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Joe Larsen Claim	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Lady Franklin	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Last Resort	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lincoln	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Manganese	n/a
Lost Cabin	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	n/a
Mammoth	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Manchester	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Marion	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Merrimac	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Mountain Gold & Silver	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Orion	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	n/a
Pennsylvania	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Raymond	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Raymond Meadows Creek	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Red Gap	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	found 1963
Round Top	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Silver Cloud	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Silver Hill Prospects	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Silver King	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
St. Helena	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Uncle Billy Rogers Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten	n/a
Unidentified Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Valpine Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Tungsten, Iron	n/a
Vance	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Washington	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Washington	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Winchester	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lady Franklin	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Zaca Mine & Mill	Plant	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Tungsten	from 1864
Allumbra Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Molybdenum, Tungsten	n/a
Alpine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Dixon Brothers	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold	n/a
Dixon Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
George M. Williams Ranch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Joe Larsen Claim	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Lady Franklin	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold	n/a
Lawler Ranch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lost Cabin	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	n/a
Morning Star	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Antimony, Copper, Silver	n/a
Sunrise Copper Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Wolf Creek Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	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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