Gold Mines in Calaveras County, CA: 15 Abandoned + 1,087 Historic

Abandoned gold mine records in Calaveras 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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
Blackstone Mine	underground	Feb 2, 1978	n/a	n/a	n/a
Blazing Star Mill	processing facility	Oct 29, 1987	n/a	n/a	n/a
Buena Vista Mine	underground	Aug 9, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Flume House Mine	underground	Dec 11, 1989	n/a	n/a	n/a
Fricot Mine	underground	Nov 30, 1978	n/a	n/a	n/a
Grand Prize Mine	underground	Aug 11, 1983	n/a	n/a	n/a
Lloyd Mine	underground	Aug 9, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Lloyd Mine	underground	Aug 10, 1983	n/a	n/a	n/a
Miller Mine	underground	Sep 23, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mina Rica	underground	Jun 17, 1981	n/a	n/a	n/a
Royal Mountain King	surface	Dec 1, 1996	n/a	n/a	n/a
Spence Ranch Mill	surface	Feb 3, 1978	n/a	n/a	n/a
Union Mine	underground	Nov 30, 1978	n/a	n/a	n/a
Woodhouse Mine	underground	Aug 5, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Yellow Aster	underground	Aug 7, 1989	n/a	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in Calaveras County (USGS)

USGS records 1,087 historic gold producers in Calaveras County: 943 past producers and 144 listed as producers or plants. For 915 of them USGS gives an output size (2 large, 10 medium, 903 small). Production years are recorded for 7 sites, from 1850 to 1959. The most common deposit type is low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (9 sites).

Show the 300 biggest of 1,087 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Brown	Past producer	large	Gold, Copper	n/a
Carson Hill Gold Mining Co.	Past producer	large	Gold, Silver	n/a
Penn	Past producer	medium	Copper, Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver	1861 to 1959
Calaveras Consolidated Mine	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Carson Creek	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Demarest	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Easyz Bird	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Gold Cliff Mine	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Gwin Mine	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Lightner Mine Eastland	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Mountain King	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	n/a
Woodhouse Mine	Past producer	medium	Gold, Lead	n/a
Jenny Lind	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium	from 1853
Agostini	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Altaville	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Alto Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Avalanche	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Balaklava Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Barnhardt	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bishop Estate Vallecito Consolidated Mines	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Gravel Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Boire Placer Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Boucher and Brackett	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Boundary Cone Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Buck Brothers Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Buffalo-What-Cheer Mines	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bunker Hill	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Calaveras Central Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Calaveras Hill Hydraulic Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Calaveras Hydraulic Mining & Water Co.	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Caldwell	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Canepa Golden Queen	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cassinelli Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cat Camp Hydraulic Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Central Hill	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Central Hill Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Chappellet El Encino	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Chatfield	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Chili Gulch	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Chino Novella	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Chispa	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Coffee Mill Gleason, Golden Gate	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Copper Crescent	Producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Corral Flat Barn	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cuneo Bartholomew	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Deep Lead Placer Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Douglas Flat	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	found 1848
Duck Bar Placer Claims	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dunlap	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Duryea Shaw Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
E. A. Bacon	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Eclipse Placer Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Eho	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Emerson	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Emery Group	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fairview	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fine Gold E. Lundberg and H. C. Anthes	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Flume House Prospect	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Forty Nine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Glenn	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Glo-Bar Mines	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Gravel Products, Inc.	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Ribbon Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Storm	Producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Gopher	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gunter and Hartlief	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hard Rock	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hartman	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hedrick	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hexter Placer Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hughes & Sons Deep Gravel	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Independence	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Indian Gulch Indian Ravine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Johnson	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
K & S	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Kentucky	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Keystone-Union	Producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Kinney	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lampson Drift Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lancha Plana Gold Dredging Co	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little Quail Hill Mine	Producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Lloyd Mine Formerly Watson Brothers Placer Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lombardi Mine Ellen Vannan	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mccann	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mehrten Bros	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Merrimac	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mokelumne River	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Monte Christo	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Moosehead	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mountain Gold Dredging Co	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
North Hill	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
North Star	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
North Star	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ohio Buckminster, Uptograph	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Old Stiff Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Oversite Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ozark	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Paragon	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Paul Cons. La Belle France	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Pellaton	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Plymouth Rock	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Putnam	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Quartz Hill	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Railroad Hill	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rathgeb Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Red Hill	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Reed	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rooney	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rough Diamond Placer Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Quartz	n/a
Round Butte	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Safe Deposit Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
San Domingo Mine Jupiter	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Slab Ranch Property Calmo Calmo Mining and Milling Co.	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
South Fork Mines, Inc. Preston Property	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
South Hill	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Spring Gulch	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Spring Valley Baumhogger Property	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Square Head Mine Or Chris Anderson Mine.	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Stockton Hill Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Table Mountain	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Texas	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Val Ranch Roosevelt	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Vallecito Western Mine Bishop Estate	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Vandervoort Mining Company	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Veith M. J. Garamendo	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Whiskey Hill	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Wild Goose	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Worth's Hill	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Atlas Gold Dredging Corp	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum	from 1935
Abdellah	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Able	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Addie	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Adelaide	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Adelia	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Adeline	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Admiral Dewey	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
After Thought	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alaska	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Albany	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Albany Flat	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alcoyne	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alexander	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alhoa-Klondyke, Mammoth, Yaqui Camp and Seven-Up	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alice 1	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alliance	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alpha	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alpha and Omega	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alpine	Past producer	small	Gold, Zinc, Lead	n/a
American Eagle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Anna	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ariel	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bald Eagle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Banner Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Banner Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Barattini	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Barnyard	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bartola	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Basco	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bear Mountain	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Beatrice Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Belfast	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Belle Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Belmont - Osborne Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ben Hur	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bence Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bendigo	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Benson	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big & Little Sattellite	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Ben	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Four	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Horn Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Seven	Past producer	small	Gold, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Big Spring Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bigney	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Billy Williams	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Binum	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bisbee	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Bismark	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Bart Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Jack	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Oak	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Oak	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Oak and Glory Forth	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Wonder Extension	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Wonder Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Blackstone	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Blazing Star	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Blizzard Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Copper	n/a
Blue Bell	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Jay	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Jay	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Ribbon	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bolitha	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bolitha Mng & Milling Co	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bon Ton Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bonanza	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bonanza	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bonanza Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bonanza Pocket	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bonehard	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bootjack, Hill and Emma Claims	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Boston	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Boston Flat	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Boulder	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bovee	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bowden Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bright Star	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bright Star	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Brookdale	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Brown & Schriver	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Brown Or Defiance Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bruce	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bruner Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bruzza	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Buckhorn Cons.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Buckhorn Consolidated	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Buena Vista	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Buena Vista	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bull Dog	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bullion	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Burgess	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Butcher Shop Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cadillac Eight	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cal-Gold Mining Co.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Calaveras - Columbus	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Calaveras Cons	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Calaveras Cons	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Calendar	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
California Hicks	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
California Ophir	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Canara	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Canepa Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cangdon	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Carabon & Good Chance	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Carley & Little Carley	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Carlton	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Carpenter	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Casnelli	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cave City	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Centennial	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Copper	n/a
Champion	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Champion Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Copper	n/a
Chaparral and Blue Ribbon	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Chaperral Hill Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Chapman Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1875
Charlie Hoss Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cherokee	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Chino	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Christmas	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Christmas	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Clary	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Claude	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cleveland	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Clifton Ranch	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Clincher	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cloud	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Clover Leaf Q & Lone Star P	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Clover Leaf Q & Lonestar P.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Collier Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony	n/a
Collier Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold	n/a
Collins & Radcliff	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Colorado Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Columbia	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Comet	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Commodore	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Concentrator	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Constellation	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Continental	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cook & Ranor	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cook Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Coralie	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cordova	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Corn Meal	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cosgrove	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Costa	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cow Bell	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Cow Bell	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Crooks and Smith	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cross	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Crossette	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Crown Point	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Crown Point and Teirakoff	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ct Host	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Culbertson	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Curiosity	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Curtis	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dalmatia	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dashaway & Missouri	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dauphine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Deer Lodge	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Deerfoot	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Demarest	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Diamond Jack	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dodson	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead	n/a
Dolly Varden	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Donald C	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Donnallan	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Doodlebug No. 1 , 2 , and 3 Claims	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dora Const	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dragone	Past producer	small	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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