Gold Mines in Butte County, CA: 15 Abandoned + 269 Historic

Abandoned gold mine records in Butte County

15 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 15 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
Carr Mine	surface	Oct 3, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Cherokee Mine	underground	Sep 21, 1990	n/a	n/a	n/a
Crystal Dawn #1	underground	Jun 16, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Garrison'S Crater #2	underground	Jun 16, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Small gold operation (MSHA 0405828)	underground	Oct 4, 2011	Forbestown	n/a	n/a
Harpy #1	underground	Jun 16, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Huchlebaum Mine	surface	Jun 16, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Jeremiah-Randell #1	underground	Jun 16, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Lower Emma Mine	underground	Mar 8, 1996	n/a	n/a	n/a
M-Jon #1	underground	Jun 16, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mineral Slide	underground	Jul 18, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Minniehaha Mine	underground	Jul 25, 1983	n/a	n/a	n/a
New Era Mine	surface	Jun 7, 1983	n/a	n/a	n/a
New Era Mining Corp	surface	Oct 13, 2008	Oroville	Land status not determined in the BLM dataset	Past producer
Ohio Dix	underground	May 21, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in Butte County (USGS)

USGS records 269 historic gold producers in Butte County: 251 past producers and 18 listed as producers or plants. For 167 of them USGS gives an output size (2 medium, 165 small). Production years are recorded for 3 sites, from 1848 to 1949. The most common deposit type is placer Au-PGE (8 sites).

Show the 269 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Forbestown Consolidated Gold Mines	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Springer Consolidated Mine	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Butte Creek	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	1848 to 1949
Nimshew	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	from 1848
Banner	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Banner	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Berry Creek	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cherokee Flat Blue Gravel	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cherokee Placer	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Emma Nimshew Drift Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Bank Consolidated Quartz	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Gold Hill Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hupp Placer	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Morris Ravine Butterfly, Goodall & Perkins	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Pitts Old Bader, Mowry and Newman	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Surcease Bunker Hill and Treasure Hill	Producer	small	Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper	n/a
Feather River District	Past producer	small	Gold, Iridium, Platinum, Osmium	from 1849
American Eagle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Banner Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Berry Creek Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bessie Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Bend	Past producer	small	Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Big Joe Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bingstresser Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bishop and Wells Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Eagle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bloomington Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bluebird Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bonanza King	Past producer	small	Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Antimony, Arsenic	n/a
Bootjack Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Boston Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bullion Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1887
Bumblebee Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Burlington Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Butte Creek Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cain Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Carlisle Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead	n/a
Carpenter Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Central Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Church Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Clarke Bros. Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Crown Point	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Crystal Hill Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Crystal Peak Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Denver Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dewey Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dutch Ravine Property	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Edna. M. Property	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
El Monte Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Equitable Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Eureka Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Evening Star Claim	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Zinc	n/a
Excelsior Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Exposition 1915, No. 1	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fayette and La Shalle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fitzpatrick Property	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Florence Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gallagher Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Garibaldi	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Glory Hole Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Hill Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Mountain Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Property	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Eagle Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Fissure	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Summit Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Thread Property	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden West	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Good Flat Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Grand View Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Grouse Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hazard	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1872
Homestake Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Homestead Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Honey Comb Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hornet Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
I.X.L. Quartz Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ida Bell Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Inskip Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Jack and Jim Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Jacks Ranch	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Jenny May	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Katydid Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Keystone and Golden Fashee	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1887
Kinkaid Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Last Chance	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Last Chance Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Levant Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lewis Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little Frog Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little Hope	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little Pippin Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lost Treasure Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Love Point	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lucky Bob Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lydia	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mammoth Gold Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mammoth Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mascot Property	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mattie Property	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mcclung Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mchugh Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Midas Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Monte Christo	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mosquito Creek Property	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mount Ida Property	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
New Oregon, Forty-Nine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
New York Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Nisket Lode and Standard Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
North Star Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Norton Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Occurrence	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Occurrence	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Occurrence	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Oklahoma Wonder	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Owl Property	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Pactolian Property	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Palo Alto Property	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Panmarat Quartz Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Paul Jones	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Phoenix Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Pinkston Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Copper	n/a
Porter Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1855
Primal Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rainbow Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1889
Ramona Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rawhide Property	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Red Hill Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Resumption	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rock River Property	Past producer	small	Gold, Arsenic	n/a
Roeper Property	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ruby	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
S and D	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Sampson Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Shakespeare Property	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Silver Moon	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Manganese	n/a
Silver Star Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Slater Property	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Southern Cross Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Spring Valley Property	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
St. Francis Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
St. Lawrence	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Star Light Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Stowe Home Pine Grove Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Sunset Mohawk	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Surcease Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony, Iron	n/a
Tiger Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Triumph Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Venus Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Wannasha	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Wild Yankee Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Willard Consolidated Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1852
William George Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Wyoming Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Zig Zag Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
I X L Quartz Ledge	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Magalia	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Royal Drift	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Yankee Hill	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Amo	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Annie Mae	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Arlington	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Badger	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Banker	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Banner	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bennett	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Berry Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bidwell Bar District	Past producer	n/a	Gold	found 1848
Big Bend	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Bloomer Hill	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Blue Hog	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Blue Jay	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Boulder Number 2	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bulldog	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Butte Creek District	Past producer	n/a	Gold	found 1849
Butte Queen	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cherokee Flat Blue Gravel	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cherokee Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum, Diamond	found 1854
Cherokee Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cohan-Gooday	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Coleman Ranch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cory Mining Co	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Daisy Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Delta	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Depression	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Dix Drift Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Donnie Lee	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Dorothy	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Dredge Tailings	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dredge Tailings	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Driftwood	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Eagle	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Eight Bells	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Electric Mining Co. Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Enterprise	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
F C Outland Lease	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Ferguston Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Galen	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gamblers Luck	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Garden Ranch Mining Company	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
George Mclean Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Bank Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	found 1887
Gold Hill Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Feather Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Golden Hope	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Golden Reefs	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Star	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Goodenough	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Hard Times	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Hodapp	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Hot Dog	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
I L Kister Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
I X L Quartz Ledge	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jack and Jim Newem	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Jones Drift	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Kelly Hill	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Kuhner	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Last Chance	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lava Caps	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lemroh	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Little Johnnie	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lyte	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Magalia District	Past producer	n/a	Gold	found 1849
Mclain Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Miller Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Minniehaha	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Money Musk	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Morris Ravine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Old Anderson	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Old Princess	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Oro Fino	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Oroville	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold	n/a
Oroville District	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	found 1849
Patterson-Inman Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Pauline	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Peters Ranch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Porter	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rainbow	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Chromium	n/a
Rim Rock	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Rotten Boulder Drift Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Royal Drift	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Silver Crescent	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Silver Crescent	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Sky High	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Snows Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
St Regis	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Star	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Stenerson	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Sticky Thumb	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Success	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Sunset	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Tenderfoot	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Toleration	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Unnamed Location	Past producer	n/a	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold	n/a
Weed	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Wescott	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Wildcat	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	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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