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Historic gold producers in Del Norte County (USGS)

USGS records 45 historic gold producers in Del Norte County: 34 past producers and 11 listed as producers or plants. For 21 of them USGS gives an output size (21 small). Production years are recorded for 1 sites, from 1855 to 1914. The most common deposit type is placer Au-PGE (9 sites).

Show the 45 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Crescent City Beach	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Chromium	1855 to 1914
Antone Kaus	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Coon Creek	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Craigs Creek	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
French Hill	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	found 1860
Geo. Cook Claims	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Lind Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Morrell	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Myrtle Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Nels Christensen Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Hard Luck	Past producer	small	Gold, Arsenic	found 1904
Last Chance Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1890
Monumental Consol.	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Copper	n/a
Monumental Consolidated Quartz Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Iron, Arsenic, Lead	found 1901
Myrtle Creek Quartz Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ora Anna Quartz Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Arsenic	n/a
Oro Pino Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold, Iron	n/a
Prudential	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Zinc	n/a
Prudential	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Zinc	n/a
Salt Lake - California	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold	n/a
Superior	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Smith River Placers	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Big Cut	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bill Hudson	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Blue Gravel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cook	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Doctor Young	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Early Ray Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Elk Horn	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
George Washington	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
High Channel	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jeanne Group Claims	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Jims	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lucky Day	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Monte-Rio Claim	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Monumental Consolidated Quartz Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Morrell	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Myrtle Creek Quartz	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Nels Christensen	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Oak Grove #1 & #2	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Oro Del Norte	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ramage and Campbell	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sarina	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Sure Shot	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Two Boy	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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