Gold Mines in Mariposa County, CA: 1 Open + 642 Historic

Gold mines in Mariposa County that are not abandoned

Mine	Type	MSHA status	Employees
MT. Gaines Mine	surface	Active	3

Abandoned gold mine records in Mariposa County

20 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 20 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
Artru	underground	Mar 30, 1988	n/a	n/a	n/a
Bondurant	underground	Sep 15, 1981	n/a	n/a	n/a
Colorado Quartz	underground	Mar 20, 2023	MIDPINES	Land status not determined in the BLM dataset	Past producer, small output
Diltz Mine	underground	Oct 12, 1995	n/a	n/a	n/a
Goods Gulch Mine	underground	Jan 12, 1979	n/a	n/a	n/a
Hasloe	underground	May 8, 1990	n/a	n/a	n/a
Horseshoe	underground	May 15, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mockingbird Mine	underground	Apr 20, 1987	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mockingbird Mine	underground	May 20, 2020	CLOVIS	Land status not determined in the BLM dataset	Past producer, small output
Nellie Kahoe Mine	underground	Mar 11, 1986	n/a	n/a	n/a
NMP Mariposa Operation	surface	Oct 4, 2007	Mariposa	Land status not determined in the BLM dataset	Unknown
Penon Blanco Mine	underground	Apr 17, 1981	n/a	n/a	n/a
Pine Tree-Josephine	underground	Apr 12, 1988	n/a	n/a	n/a
Princeton Lands	underground	May 26, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Quail Mine	processing facility	Sep 14, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Red Cloud	underground	Sep 19, 1989	n/a	n/a	n/a
Red Cloud Mine	surface	May 22, 1989	n/a	n/a	n/a
Squantum Mine	underground	May 8, 1981	n/a	n/a	n/a
Virginia-Belmont Mine	underground	Jun 17, 1981	n/a	n/a	n/a
William Bros Mine	underground	May 13, 1997	n/a	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in Mariposa County (USGS)

USGS records 642 historic gold producers in Mariposa County: 543 past producers and 99 listed as producers or plants. For 414 of them USGS gives an output size (2 medium, 412 small). Production years are recorded for 2 sites, from 1848 to 1945. The most common deposit type is low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (11 sites).

Show the 300 biggest of 642 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Princeton	Past producer	medium	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Washington	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	found 1850
Aul and Anderson	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Barker Corp. Dredge Grounds	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Cat	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Crocker -Huffman Land and Water Co. Property	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Horseshoe I	Producer	small	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead	found 1867
Huelsdonk Placer	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Klondike and Last Chance	Producer	small	Copper, Gold	n/a
Lonesome Pine	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Long Mary	Producer	small	Gold	found 1900
Mariposa Sand and Gravel Co. Ground	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
New Year Diggins	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Placer Mines	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Trebor Corporation Dredge Grounds	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Unknown	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Moon	Past producer	small	Zinc, Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver	1935 to 1945
A-J Burkhart	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	found 1925
Adelaide and Anderson	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Copper	found 1867
Agua Fria Canyon	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Akoz	Past producer	small	Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead	found 1900
Aladdin	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alameda	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alarid Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Albany Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alice	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1855
Alice L.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alice Quartz Ii	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alma Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alta	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
American	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
American Eagle	Past producer	small	Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead	found 1890
Anita	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ann	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Annabelle	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1952
Apolinaris	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Apollo	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Arcturas B.V.D.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Argo Pioneer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Arkansas Flat	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Artru	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
B and M	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Baker Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Balance	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Bandarita	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Antimony	found 1856
Bank of California	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Banner Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Iron	n/a
Barney Kane	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Barrel Springs	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Barrett	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Zinc	found 1865
Bean Creek Epperson Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Belces	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Belle View Ext.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bennett-Pate	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bennett-Pete and Baker Dredge Grnd.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Bill	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Break	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Lode	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Big Oak	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Billings	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Billings	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Bart	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Hill	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1867
Black I	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1868
Black Jack	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Black Log	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Oak	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Black Sam	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Spider	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Black Spring	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blossom	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Bell	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Boarding House Vein	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bob McKee	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bogan and Baitelle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bonanza I	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bondurant	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	found 1856
Booth	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Boston	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bowman	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bright Hope	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Brown Bear	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Brown Bear	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Buffalo	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bunker Hill Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1851
Burr	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Burr Miles	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1860
Butte	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Butterfly	Past producer	small	Gold, Mercury	n/a
Cabinet	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Campo	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Campo Campodonica Italian	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Carson	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Castagnetto Iv	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Challenge	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Challenge, Pine Crest, and Pine Crest Ext.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Champion I	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper	found 1855
Champion Ii	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Champion Iii	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Champion Iv	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cherokee I	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Clearinghouse	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc	found 1860
Cleveland	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cohen Quartz Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Colorado	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Colorado Quartz Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Combination	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Comet	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Confidence and Confidence Ext.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Congo	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Consolidated Eureka Ii	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Contention and Black Oak	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Copper Queen I	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Cornett	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold	n/a
Cotton Creek	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	found 1937
Coyote Hall	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cripple Creek	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Croesus	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cross Load	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Crown Lead	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1864
Crown Peak	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Crystal	Past producer	small	Gold, Mercury, Copper	n/a
Crystal Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Mercury	n/a
Daliah	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Desario Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Devils Gulch	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Cobalt, Nickel, Tin	n/a
Diana	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Diana	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Diehl Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dillon	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Diltz	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	found 1865
Dixie Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Doctor	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Doss	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc	found 1870
Duncan	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	found 1870
Early	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Tungsten	found 1884
East Rutherford	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
El Capitan Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
El Portal	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Elizabeth	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Emma I	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Emma Ii	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ethel May	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Eureka I	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Eureka Iii	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc	found 1868
Evans I	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Evans Ii	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Evening Star	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Exchequer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Exposition	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Feliciana	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	n/a
Ferrari	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Floranita	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Formation Logging Co.	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1923
Fortuna	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Francis	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1855
Franklin and McKinley	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
French	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
French Camp	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Garfield	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Garibaldi	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1897
Geary	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Geneva	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Georgia Point	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Georgiana	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gilmore Vein	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Givens Prospect	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold	n/a
Gloryn	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Bar	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1936
Gold Bring	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Bug	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Central	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Coin	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Hill	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold King Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold King Martin - Walling, Sunshine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1865
Gold Star	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Eagle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Gate	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Gate I	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Key Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gonzales Houghton and Gonzales	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Good Luck	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Good Luck and Horseshoe	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Good View	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Grand View	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Granite King and Live Oak Buckeye, Billings	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead	found 1870
Greens Gulch & Greens Gulch Ext.	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1855
Grey Eagle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Grizzly Gulch	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Guadalupe	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gypsy North Star and Oro Grande	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hacker	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hall	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Happy Home	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hard Luck	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hard Luck	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hardscrabble	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hasloe	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	found 1857
Hayseed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Helena	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Herman Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hidden Treasure	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hidden Treasure	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hidden View Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hite Central	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Horse Shoe Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Horseshoe Ii	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hudson Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Indian Gulch	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Iron Duke	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Isola Mine and Mill Site.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Jackson	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Jenkins Hill	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1855
Jubilee	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Jumper	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	found 1855
Juniper	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	found 1855
Juniper	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Kaderitas	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Kane	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Kane Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Kangaroo	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Kenady	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
King Midas	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1925
King Solomon	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lafayette	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lafayette Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Landrum	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	found 1889
Last Chance	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Last Chance I	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Last Chance Ii	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Leach	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	found 1900
Lena Farber and Sunset Iv	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lewis Brothers Nw Ext. of Princeton	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little Bear and Little Bear Extension	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little Judge	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little Wonder Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Live Oak	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Live Oak and Governor.	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	found 1895
Live Oak Quartz Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
London Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Iron	n/a
Long Hurst	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lookout	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Los Parker	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lost and Found	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lost Forlorn	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Louis and Louis Ext.	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1855
Louisa	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1855
Louisa Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Louisiana	Past producer	small	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead	found 1862
Lovely Rogers	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	found 1857
Lucky Boy	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lucky Fourteen Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ludwig Vein	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mahoney	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Malone	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1880
Malvina	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Mammoth Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Manzanita I	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Manzauita 2	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Marble Springs	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver	found 1850
Margaret	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Margarita James Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Marguerite	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Marposa	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1849
Martinez	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	found 1870
Mary	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mary Bess	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mary Harrison Group	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1852
Massa Garden	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mastedon	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mebold I	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mebold Ii	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Menlo Consolidated	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Merced River Ii	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mexican Diggins	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mexican Ii	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1862
Mexican Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Midas	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1867
Milburn	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Mildred and Abbie	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Miles	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Milo	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Missouri Gulch	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mocking Bird Ii	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mohawk	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Monster	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Montana	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Montara	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Monte Cristo	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Monte Cristo Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Antimony, Copper	n/a
Moonlight	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mormon Bar	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Morning Sun	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mount Belle Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mount Buckingham Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	found 1850
Mountain Belle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mountain Queen	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mountain View	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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