Gold mines in Modoc County, California

Modoc County has 1 gold mine in MSHA records: 0 not abandoned and 1 abandoned. USGS lists 62 more historic producers.

Abandoned gold mine records in Modoc County

1 record 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 1 abandoned records
NameTypeStatus sinceNearest townLandUSGS record
Haywire Mine & MillsurfaceApr 20, 1982n/an/an/a

Historic gold producers in Modoc County (USGS)

USGS records 62 historic gold producers in Modoc County: 57 past producers and 5 listed as producers or plants. For 55 of them USGS gives an output size (55 small). The most common deposit type is epithermal vein, Sado (56 sites).

Show the 62 sites
SiteUSGS statusOutputCommoditiesYears
Klondike GroupProducersmallGoldn/a
Pleasant Mining CoProducersmallGoldn/a
TopazProducersmallGoldn/a
Alaska BellPast producersmallGoldn/a
Bad BillPast producersmallGoldn/a
Blue Bell GroupPast producersmallGoldn/a
California BellPast producersmallGoldn/a
CliffPast producersmallGoldn/a
Comstock and Sea LionPast producersmallGoldn/a
Craig PropertyPast producersmallGoldn/a
Crown PointPast producersmallGoldn/a
Discovery ClaimPast producersmallGold, Coppern/a
Dixie Queen MinesPast producersmallGoldn/a
Emerald ClaimPast producersmallGoldn/a
Eugene MinePast producersmallGoldn/a
Fern MinePast producersmallGoldn/a
Friday MorningPast producersmallGoldn/a
Ft. Bidwell Consolidated MinesPast producersmallGold, Coppern/a
Gold Peak and KlondikePast producersmallGoldn/a
Happy ThoughtPast producersmallGoldn/a
HildebrandPast producersmallGoldn/a
Huckleberry & Huckleberry No. 1Past producersmallGoldn/a
JosephinePast producersmallGoldn/a
JumboPast producersmallGoldn/a
Last DollarPast producersmallGoldn/a
Leland ClaimPast producersmallGoldn/a
Lily BellPast producersmallGoldn/a
Lonaconing ClaimPast producersmallGoldn/a
Lost CabinPast producersmallGoldfound 1904
MammothPast producersmallGoldn/a
Mineral SpringsPast producersmallGoldn/a
MispahPast producersmallGoldn/a
Modoc IndependencePast producersmallGoldn/a
Modoc-MammothPast producersmallGoldn/a
MonarchPast producersmallGoldn/a
Moon Light GroupPast producersmallGold, Silvern/a
MoonlightPast producersmallGoldn/a
Morning Star MinePast producersmallGoldn/a
Mountain Summit and QuarzitePast producersmallGoldn/a
Northern StarPast producersmallGold, Silver, Coppern/a
PeacemakerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Pink RosePast producersmallGoldn/a
Printer BoyPast producersmallGoldn/a
Red HorsePast producersmallGoldn/a
Red QuartzPast producersmallGoldn/a
Shasta ViewPast producersmallGold, Coppern/a
SpearmintPast producersmallGoldn/a
StonewallPast producersmallGoldn/a
Sugar Pine MinePast producersmallGoldn/a
TamarackPast producersmallGoldn/a
Two JacksPast producersmallGoldn/a
Uncle JoePast producersmallGoldn/a
White RibbonPast producersmallGoldn/a
Williams ProspectPast producersmallGold, Silvern/a
Yukon No. 1, No. 2, No. 3Past producersmallGoldn/a
Sweeney ProspectProducern/aCopper, Gold, Silvern/a
Lost Cabin MinePlantn/aGoldn/a
Blue Bell GroupPast producern/aGoldn/a
Dixie QueenPast producern/aGoldn/a
Dixie QueenPast producern/aGoldn/a
Eagle Creek PlacerPast producern/aGoldn/a
Sweeney ProspectPast producern/aGold, Silvern/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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