Gold Mines in El Dorado County, CA: 12 Abandoned + 514 Historic

Abandoned gold mine records in El Dorado County

12 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 12 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
Blue Ledge Mine	underground	Mar 12, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Cassill Mine	underground	May 24, 1991	n/a	n/a	n/a
Church Mine	underground	Aug 9, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Grit Mine	underground	Feb 24, 2006	Greenwood	n/a	n/a
Hazel Creek Mine	underground	Feb 16, 1988	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kelsey Mine	underground	Aug 9, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Minnehaha Mine	underground	Jul 16, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Richlue Mine	underground	Oct 23, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Rocky Bar Gravel Project	underground	Jun 9, 1986	n/a	n/a	n/a
Teddy Bear Mine	underground	Aug 10, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Timm Mine	underground	Jan 25, 2017	Garden Valley	Land status not determined in the BLM dataset	Past producer
Trail Claim	underground	Aug 10, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in El Dorado County (USGS)

USGS records 514 historic gold producers in El Dorado County: 493 past producers and 21 listed as producers or plants. For 452 of them USGS gives an output size (10 medium, 442 small). The most common deposit type is low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (8 sites).

Show the 300 biggest of 514 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Alhambra	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Beebe	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Big Canyon	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Black Oak	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Georgia Slide	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Mount Pleasant	Past producer	medium	Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc	n/a
Sliger	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Taylor	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Union	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Zantgraf	Past producer	medium	Gold, Lead	n/a
Big Canyon Dredge Co.	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Boneset	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cosumnes Melton, Middle End	Producer	small	Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper	n/a
Excelsior	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Green	Producer	small	Chromium, Gold	n/a
Grizzly Flat	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hazel Creek	Producer	small	Gold	found 1948
Lyon	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Maple Leaf Blakeley	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
One Spot Sailor Jack	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Pioneer - Lilyama	Producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Iron, Tungsten	n/a
Spanish Hill	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
White Rock Diggings	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Zantgraf Montauk Consolidated, Zantgraf	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Bug Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1888
Adams Gulch	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alabama Express, Golden Rod & Gold Dust	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alabaster Cave	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Albright	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Almo	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alpine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Arctic Arctic Bear	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Argonaut	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Armstrong	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Atlanta	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Atlantic	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Atlantic & Pacific Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Baldwin	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Balmaceda	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Baltic	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bananza	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Barbara	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Barnes-Eureka	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Barney	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Barney Mooney Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Base Bonanza	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bear Creek	Past producer	small	Tungsten, Gold	n/a
Bidstrup	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Buzzard	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead	n/a
Big Buzzard Hercules, Darrington	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Zinc	n/a
Big Chunk	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Four	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Kennebec	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Sandy	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bird	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Hawk	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blasdel	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Cat	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold	n/a
Blue Cat	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold	n/a
Blue Gouge	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Lead	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Ledge	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Rock	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bobby Burns	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bolley	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bollhalter	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bon Sorte	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Boneset	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead	n/a
Boston	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Boulder	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Brandon	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Breala	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Bret Harte	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Briar Cliff	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bright Hope	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Brown Bear	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Brust	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Buena Vista	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bullion	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Caledonia	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
California	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
California Cons.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
California Jack	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cambrian	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold	n/a
Camel Back	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Castile	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Castillo	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cederberg First Southerly Extension	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Champion	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Chaparral	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cherokee Flat	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
China Hill	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Choller	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Chouler	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Church	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cincinnati	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cincinnati	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Climax	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Climax & Independence	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Clyde	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Clydesdale Cons.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Coe Hill	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Coleman and Berryman Cons.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Collins & Patterson Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Collins and Bacchi	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Coloma Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Columbia	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Concordia	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Confidence Cons.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Consumnes	Past producer	small	Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver	n/a
Cosumnes	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Molybdenum	found 1859
Cosumnes	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Antimony	n/a
Cousin Jack	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Coyote Hill	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cranes Gulch	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Crown Point Cons.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Crusader	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Crystal	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Crystal	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Crystal	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Currie	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dailey and Bishop	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dalmatia	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dan Wicham	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Darling	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Davenport	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Davey	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Davidson	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Day & Taylor	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Doncaster & Cleveland	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Duncan and Adams	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dunlap	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dunn-Vandenburg	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dyer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
E. E. Copper	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Eagle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Eagle King	Past producer	small	Gold, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Earl	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
East Mother Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
East Nashville	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Eden Consolidated	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Edner	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
El Dorado	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Nickel	n/a
El Dorado & McKinley	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
El Dorado Big Tunnel Co	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Electric Cons.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Elf	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Elliott	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Emma	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Encinal	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Enterprise	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Epley Consolidated	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Esperanza	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Eureka	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Eureka	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Excelsior Mine and Mill Site	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Expansion	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fairplay Cons	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fairview, Ben Franklin Claims	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Falls	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fiane	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fine Gold	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fort Yuma	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fraction	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Frances Adams	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
French Creek	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
French Hill	Past producer	small	Gold, Asbestos	n/a
Frog Pond and Marigold Cons.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Funny Bug	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Zinc, Antimony, Molybdenum, Lead	n/a
Gallagher	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gambling	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gardener Cons	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Garfield	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
General Lee, Sunday Bosquet & Golden Age	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gentle Annie	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
German	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
German	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gillespie	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gilt Edge	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Givani Romelli Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Glines Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gloriana	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Deposit	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Mountain and Monitor	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Note	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Top	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden State	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Trace	Past producer	small	Gold, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Golden West	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Good Hope	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gopher-Boulder	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Grand Victory	Past producer	small	Gold, Antimony	n/a
Green Valley	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Grey Eagle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Griffith Cons	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Grit	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Grizzly Bear	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Grouse Gulch	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Grover Cleveland	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Guadalupe	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Harrison	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Harrison	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hart	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hazel Creek	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Hidden Treasure	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hill	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hines-Gilbert	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hodge and Lemon	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Holly	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Homestead	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hope	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hope	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Howard, No. Est. Jennings	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Humiston	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ida & Edith	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ida Livingstone	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Idaho	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Independence	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Indian Hill	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Inez	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Invincible Quartz Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Irland	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Isabel	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ivanhoe	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Jansen	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Jennings	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Jennings	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Jones	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Joseph Skinner	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Josephine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Josh Billings	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Julia Beard	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Keegan	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Kelley	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Kelley Bros.	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Kelsey	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Keystone	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Keystone Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
La Moille	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lady Blanche	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lady Emma	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Last Chance	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Last Chance	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Levitt Cons.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lincoln	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lincoln	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lion	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little Chief	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little Giant	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little Valley	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Live Oak	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Log Cabin	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lone Jack	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lone Star	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lone Star	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lookout	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lookout	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lookout and K.K.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lords Cons.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Loveless	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lucinda	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lucky Jack	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lukens	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lyon	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Madrona	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Maltby	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mammoth	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Manhatten Cons.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Manzanita	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Margareth	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Marguerite	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Maryland	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mathenas Creek	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mccarty	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mccurdy	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mcdowell	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
McKinley Gold Standard	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mcnulty	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Meder Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Middle Fork	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mierson Cons.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Miller	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Miller	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Minerva	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Minnehaha	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mitchell Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Monarch - Sugar Loaf	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Monarch Cons.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Montana	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Montezuma	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Morey	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Mormon Hill	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Morning Star Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mother Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mount Hope	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mountain Boy, Mountain Girl, Mountain Slide	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Muntz Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Nail	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Nashville	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Nashville So. Ext.	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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