Gold Mines in Kern County, CA: 1 Open + 534 Historic

Gold mines in Kern County that are not abandoned

Mine	Type	MSHA status	Employees
Soledad Mountain Project	surface	Active	179

Abandoned gold mine records in Kern County

34 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 34 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
Atolia Giant #2	surface	Aug 29, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Atolia Giant Mine	surface	Nov 27, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
B And J Gold	underground	Apr 28, 1980	n/a	n/a	n/a
Banjo Mine	surface	Feb 14, 1986	n/a	n/a	n/a
Baron	surface	May 19, 2023	Ridgecrest	n/a	n/a
Big Bute Mine	processing facility	May 17, 1993	n/a	n/a	n/a
Big Dyke	surface	Dec 3, 1990	n/a	n/a	n/a
Blue Eagle Lode Mine	underground	Apr 26, 2021	kern	Land status not determined in the BLM dataset	Past producer
Small gold operation (MSHA 0405691)	surface	Jul 19, 2006	Randsburg	n/a	n/a
Butte Lode	underground	Nov 28, 1983	n/a	n/a	n/a
Cactus Gold Mine	surface	Mar 15, 1991	n/a	Land status not determined in the BLM dataset	Prospect
Cactus Gold Winkler Underground	underground	Dec 20, 1988	n/a	n/a	n/a
California Rand	underground	Nov 28, 1983	n/a	n/a	n/a
Evening Star Mine	underground	Sep 4, 1990	n/a	n/a	n/a
Feather Fork Mine	underground	Aug 27, 1979	n/a	n/a	n/a
Glen Olive Mine	underground	Feb 1, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Golden Queen	underground	Jan 31, 2000	kern	n/a	n/a
Gwynne Mine	underground	Sep 11, 1987	n/a	n/a	n/a
High Grade #3	underground	Jun 24, 1998	kern	n/a	n/a
Poka Dot 1	underground	Aug 8, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Rand Mine	surface	Dec 17, 2007	Randsburg	Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management	Past producer
Robbers Roost	surface	Jan 27, 1997	kern	n/a	n/a
Sidewinder #1	underground	Jan 29, 1981	n/a	n/a	n/a
Soledad East	underground	Aug 1, 1988	n/a	n/a	n/a
Standard Hill	underground	Jan 31, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Standard Hill	surface	Aug 18, 1989	n/a	n/a	n/a
Standard Hill	surface	Feb 21, 1991	n/a	n/a	n/a
Standard Hill Mine	surface	Jul 14, 1999	kern	n/a	n/a
Summit Diggings	surface	Dec 11, 1989	n/a	n/a	n/a
Susan Group #1 #2 #3 #4 #5	underground	Jun 27, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Tropico Gold Mine	underground	Oct 5, 1983	n/a	n/a	n/a
Tropico Mill	processing facility	Jun 1, 1990	n/a	n/a	n/a
York Claims	surface	Jan 30, 1986	n/a	n/a	n/a
Zenda	surface	Jun 27, 1990	n/a	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in Kern County (USGS)

USGS records 534 historic gold producers in Kern County: 348 past producers and 186 listed as producers or plants. For 125 of them USGS gives an output size (1 large, 1 medium, 123 small).

Show the 300 biggest of 534 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Kelly	Past producer	large	Silver, Gold	found 1893
Yellow Aster Mine	Producer	medium	Silver, Gold	found 1895
Big Blue Mine	Producer	small	Tungsten, Gold	n/a
Mammoth Mine	Producer	small	Gold	found 1855
Joe Walker Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1865
Zenda	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1909
Apache	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver, Manganese	n/a
Barbara-Diana Group	Past producer	small	Tungsten, Gold	n/a
Billie Burke Mine	Past producer	small	Tungsten, Gold	n/a
Black Mtn. King Mine	Past producer	small	Tungsten, Gold	n/a
Bluebird Group	Past producer	small	Tungsten, Gold	n/a
Copper Queen Claims	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold	n/a
Four Star	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Gold Standard Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold State Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Good Luck Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Granite King	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gum Tree Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gwynne Mine	Past producer	small	Arsenic, Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Hanover Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hoegee Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hub Group of Claims	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hummer Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Huntington Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Iconoclast Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold	n/a
Illinois and Golden Bell	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Indian Queen	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Jeannette-Grant	Past producer	small	Gold, Zinc	n/a
Jennette-Grant Claims	Past producer	small	Antimony, Arsenic, Zinc, Gold	n/a
Jersey Lily Group	Past producer	small	Tungsten, Gold, Silver	n/a
Josephine Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Josephine Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Juan Dosie Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Jumbo Group of Mines	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Karma Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Keyes Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1852
King Solomon Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
King Solomon Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
La Crosse Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ladd Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lady Belle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Laurel Group of Mines	Past producer	small	Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver	n/a
Lida	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little Angel Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little Bonanza	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little Butte	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Little Joe Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Locarno and Gwynne	Past producer	small	Tungsten, Gold	n/a
Locarno Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Lone Star Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Arsenic	n/a
Long Tom Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lost Keys	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lucky Boy Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Magnolia & Pyavin	Past producer	small	Tungsten, Gold	n/a
Master Key Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Middle Butte Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Milwaukee Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Minnehaha Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1895
Minnesota Group	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1896
Mispah-Montana Claims	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold	n/a
Mohawk-Buddy	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Monarch Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold	n/a
Monarch-Rand	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Nellie Dent and Contact Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Old Cowboy Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Operator Consolicated Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold	n/a
Opportunity Group of Mines	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Orphan Girl	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Pearl Wedge Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Pennsylvania-Sunrise Group of Mines	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Pickwick Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Pine Tree Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Pinmore Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Piute Consolidated	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Polar Bear Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Poso Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	found 1915
President Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Pride of Mojave Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Pyramid Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rainbow Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rand Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rawhide Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Red Hill	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Red Wing Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Reform Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold	n/a
Rose Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ruby Mining Company	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	found 1875
Rustler and San Diego Mines	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Sailor Boy Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
San Antonio Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	found 1887
Santa Ana Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Sawyer Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Shafer & Whitney View Group of Mines	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Shoestring Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Sky Line Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Southern Cross	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
St. John Mine	Past producer	small	Lead, Gold, Antimony, Arsenic	found 1875
St. Lawrence Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Antimony	n/a
Stanford Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Stellar Group of Claims	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Stringer District Placer Mines	Past producer	small	Tungsten, Gold	n/a
Summit Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Sun Group of Mines	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Sunrise Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Sunrise, Jenny Lind and New World Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Sunshine Mine	Past producer	small	Tungsten, Gold	n/a
Suprise Group of Mines	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Tip Top Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Treasure Hill Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Trestle Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Tropico Mines	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Uncle Same Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Arsenic	n/a
Valley View Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Wall Street Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Warrington	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
White Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
White Star	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
White Star Group of Claims	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Whitmore Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Windy Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Winnie Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Yellow Dog Extension	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Yellow Dog Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1922
Yellow Treasure Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Iron, Copper	n/a
Zenda Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold	n/a
Amalie-Agua Caliente	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Amy Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Angus Property	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Arizona Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Baltic Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Barbarossa Mine	Producer	n/a	Silver, Gold	n/a
Beauregard Claim	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bella Rufin Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Big Blue Group	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	n/a
Big Dike Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Big Four Claim	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Big Gold Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Black Bob Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Blue Chief	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Blue Mountain Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bobtail Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Boulder Claim	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bright Star Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Buckboard Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Burton-Brite-Blank Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Butte Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cactus Queen Mine	Producer	n/a	Silver, Gold	n/a
California Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Chamberlain Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Consolidated Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Culbert Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Donnie	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Drunkards Dream Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Eagle Claim	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ebers and Heaps Property	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Edith E Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Elbow and Boulder Prospect	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Elephant Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ella Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ellston	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Esperanza Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ferris	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Fine Gold Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Florence Claims	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Fredle Claim	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
French	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Friday Gulch	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
G B Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gallop Prospect	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gem Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Glen Olive	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Bar Prospect	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Bug Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Coin	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Crown Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Nugget Claim	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Pass Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Peak	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Standard Prospect	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Badger Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Oak Claims	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Queen	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Thorn	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Goler Canyon	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Granite King Prospect	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Great Unknown Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Green Mountain	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Greenhorn Caves Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gum Tree Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gunderson Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gwynne	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hanover	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hart Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Haunita	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Havilah Prospect	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hawkeye Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hercules	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
High Grade	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Horoscope Claim	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Iconoclast Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Illinois and Golden Bell Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Janney Placers	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jenette Grant Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jerry Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jerry Prospect	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jewell Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Joe Walker	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Joe Walker Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Juan Dosie	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Kelso Creek Placers	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Keyes	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Keyes	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
King Soloman	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
King Soloman	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Klondike Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
La Crosse Prospect	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Last Chance	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Latham Tunnel Prospect	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Laurel Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lehigh Valley Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Little Butte Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lone Star	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lone Star Prospect	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Long Tom Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lucky Boy Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mace	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Maltby Placer	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mammoth Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Master Key Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mayflower Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
McKendry Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Merced Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Middle Butte	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Minnehaha	Producer	n/a	Tungsten, Gold	n/a
Minnehaha	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mojave Mining and Milling Co	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Monarch Prospect	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Monarch Rand Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Moon Claim	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Nadeau	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Nancy Hanks Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
New Deal Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Operator Divide	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Opportunity Prospect	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pasadena Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pearl Wedge	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pine Tree	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pine Tree Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pinmore	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Porter	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Poso Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pride of Mojave	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Putnam Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Quien Sabe	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rand	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rand Gold Dredging Assoc	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rand Placers	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rand-Randsburg	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Red Wing Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Reform Prospect	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Retreat	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Richardo Placer	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rizz No 2	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rochfort	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rosamond-Mojave	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ruby	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Saint John Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
San Antonio Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Santa Ana Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Scorpion Claim	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sidewinder	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sidney	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sierra Vista Prospect	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Silver Bar Mining and Reduction Co	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Silverton Prospect	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sky Line Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Snowbird Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
South Rand Prospect	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Southern Cross	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
St John Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Standard Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Stellar Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Summit Diggings Placer	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sunrise	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sunrise Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sunset Placer Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sunshine Claim	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sunshine Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Tropico	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Valley View Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Vera Queen	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
W H No 1 Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Warrington	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Waterhole	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Wegman	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Whitmore Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Wildcat Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Windy Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Yellow Aster	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Yellow Treasure Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	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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