Gold Mines in Los Angeles County, CA: 4 Abandoned + 97 Historic

Abandoned gold mine records in Los Angeles County

4 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 4 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
Big Horn	surface	May 21, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Governor Mine	underground	May 1, 1990	n/a	n/a	n/a
Hi-Grade Mine	underground	Jun 7, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Red Rover Mine	underground	Aug 31, 2012	Acton	Land status not determined in the BLM dataset	Past producer

Historic gold producers in Los Angeles County (USGS)

USGS records 97 historic gold producers in Los Angeles County: 70 past producers and 27 listed as producers or plants. For 5 of them USGS gives an output size (1 medium, 4 small).

Show the 97 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Big Horn Mine	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic	found 1891
Emma Group	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Kelsey	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Cobalt	n/a
San Gabriel Valley Placers	Past producer	small	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold	n/a
Valvue	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Acton	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Allison	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Antelope Valley	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Baldora	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Big Horn	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	n/a
Black Cargo	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Black Cat	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bradshaw Lease	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dewey Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Eagle	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Falcon	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Bar	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Dollar	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Queen	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Governor	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hi-Grade	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Holly	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Josephine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Loomis	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lueck Lease	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Monte Cristo	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mt Gleason	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Native Son	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Red Rover	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
San Gabriel	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
San Gabriel Canyon Area	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Zanteson	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Big Horn Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	from 1903
Baldora Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1935
Nd Claims	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1941
Offset Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1949
All For One	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Allen and Bailey	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Allison Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Azusa Rock and Sand Co.	Past producer	n/a	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold	n/a
Big Chief	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Black Cargo Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Black Cat	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bradshaw Lease	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Brite Lease	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Century Sand and Gravel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Dawn	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dewey Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dry Canyon Lease	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Eagle Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
El Segando	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Emma Group	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Falcon Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Ford & Young Lease	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
G. C. K. Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gillette	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Glen-Marie Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Bar Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Dollar Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Queen Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Governor Mine	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Copper	found 1880
Hacienda Heights	Past producer	n/a	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver	n/a
Happy Day Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Heaton	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Holly	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Home Supply	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Horse Shoe Consolidated Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Josephine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jumbo-Channel Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Kelsey, Et Al.	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Lap Wing, Et Al.	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Largo Sand and Gravel Plant	Past producer	n/a	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold	n/a
Little Nugget Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lone Cabin	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lueck Lease	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mt. Gleason Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Native Son Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Oak Knoll	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pacific Beach Mining & Dredging Co	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Poor Fool	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Puritan Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rancho Azusa	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Red Rover Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rogers and Gentry	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Smith Bros. Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Smith Ranch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Soledad Placer Co. Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Spanish	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Thompson Placer	Past producer	n/a	Iron, Gold, Platinum, Titanium, Zirconium	n/a
Topeka	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Tuch & Dether	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Tujunga Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Unnamed Mine Shaft	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead	n/a
Utopia	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ventura-Neenach Mining Co.	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Winter Creek	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver	n/a
Zanteson	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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