Gold Mines in Mono County, CA: 6 Abandoned + 225 Historic

Abandoned gold mine records in Mono County

6 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 6 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
Beauregard	underground	Jun 15, 1988	n/a	n/a	n/a
Briney Mine	underground	Jun 22, 1988	n/a	n/a	n/a
Gorilla Mine	underground	Jul 31, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Log Cabin Mine	underground	Nov 9, 1981	n/a	n/a	n/a
May Lundy	underground	Sep 27, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Syndicate Mine	processing facility	Sep 13, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in Mono County (USGS)

USGS records 225 historic gold producers in Mono County: 202 past producers and 23 listed as producers or plants. For 119 of them USGS gives an output size (2 large, 3 medium, 114 small).

Show the 225 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Standard Hill	Past producer	large	Gold, Silver	from 1860
Standard	Past producer	large	Gold, Silver	n/a
Patterson Mining District	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead	from 1882
Crystal Lake	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Southern Cons.	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver	n/a
Angelo Mission	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Beauregard	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Marietta	Producer	small	Silver, Gold, Lead	n/a
Mary B. Group	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rancheria Placers	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Tamarack	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Al Mono	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Alexander	Past producer	small	Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold	n/a
Antimony	Past producer	small	Lead, Silver, Gold	n/a
Argosy	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Banner	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Uranium	n/a
Bay Queen	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Beckman	Past producer	small	Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold	n/a
Benton	Past producer	small	Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Blind Springs Hill	Past producer	small	Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold	n/a
Blizzard Extension	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Bird Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Bonanza Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Borasca	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Brownite Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bryant	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
California & North Comstock Cons.	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold	n/a
Casa Diablo	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper	n/a
Casson	Past producer	small	Silver, Lead, Gold	n/a
Charlestown	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Chemung	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Clover Patch, Gold Lode, B. B. and Old Glory Groups of Claims.	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	n/a
Comanche and Kerric	Past producer	small	Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold	n/a
Cracker Jack	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Dark Horse	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dunderburg	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Durante	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
El Dorado Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Eva Bell	Past producer	small	Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold	n/a
Evening Star Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Faudre and Welsh Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Faulk	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fifty-One Mining Claims	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Frederick	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golconda Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Crown	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Wedge	Past producer	small	Lead, Silver, Gold	n/a
Golden Gate	Past producer	small	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Golden Horse Shoe Gp.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Siren	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Goleta Consolidated	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc	n/a
Gorilla	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gray Eagle	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Green Monster	Past producer	small	Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper	n/a
Harrison	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold	n/a
Hermine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Home View	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Homer Mill and Mining Co.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hornet Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Jump Up Joe	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lake View	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Last Chance	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Leida Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lisbon	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little Bodie Mining Co.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Log Cabin and Sunrise Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Long Chance	Past producer	small	Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper	n/a
Long Chance	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Lora Mine	Past producer	small	Lead, Silver, Gold	n/a
Lora Mine	Past producer	small	Lead, Gold, Silver	n/a
Lost Horse	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lucky Boy	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lucky Mortan Lucky Morton ?	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mahle	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper	n/a
Mammoth Cons.	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead	n/a
Mineral Chief Mining Co.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mohawk Shaft	Past producer	small	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Mono	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mono Lake & Spring Gulch Gp.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mono Shaft	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Monte Cristo	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Montecito	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Native Wonder & Mono Queen	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
New Bodie	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
New Enterprise Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
New York	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ontario Syndicate	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Paragon Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Parrett	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Pittsburg-Liberty	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Price Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rattler	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Rattlesnake	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Recovery	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Recovery	Past producer	small	Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper	n/a
Red Rock	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Reo Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rose of the West	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Rough and Ready	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Sacramento	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Scheelore Mine	Past producer	small	Tungsten, Gold	n/a
Serita Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Sierra Group	Past producer	small	Barium-Barite, Gold, Arsenic	n/a
Sierra Vista	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Tungsten	n/a
Silver Reef	Past producer	small	Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold	n/a
Silverado - Kentuck	Past producer	small	Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead	n/a
Sour Dough	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Southern Belle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Spartan May Correspond To Detroit Mine Workings	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Success	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Tamarack	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Thoroughbrace	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Tower	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Twenty Grand	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Valley View Claims	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ward	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Wildrose	Past producer	small	Lead, Gold, Silver	n/a
Wolverine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Al Mono Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Bodie	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Evening Star Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Homestead	Producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Copper	n/a
Lake View Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Last Chance Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lisbon Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mahle	Producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper	n/a
Mammoth Mine Folk, Armstrong, San Francisco, Big Bonanza and Mammoth	Producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper	n/a
Masonic	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Quail	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Rancheria Placer	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rattler	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rattlesnake Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Simpson Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Virginia & Dog Creek Placers	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
West	Producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper	n/a
Al Mono Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Argentite Maid	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Argosy	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Banner Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Beauregard	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Beckman	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Black Warrior Mine Area	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead	n/a
Blind Springs Hill	Past producer	n/a	Antimony, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead	n/a
Blue Bird	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Bodie Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Mercury	found 1859
Casa Diablo Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Casson	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Gold	n/a
Chemung Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Columbia Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Comanche & Kerrick	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead	n/a
Comanche Mine	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper	n/a
Cracker Jack	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Curry	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dog Creek Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dunderberg Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Evening Star Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Faulk Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Free Gold	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Crown Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Webb	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Wedge Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Golden Gate Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Prince	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Siren	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gorilla Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Great Sierra Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Green Meadow	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Green Monster	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Harrison Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Hilton Creek Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Homer Mining and Milling	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Homestead	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Copper, Gold	n/a
Jackson Vein	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Johnnie and Rose of the West Mines	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Judd No. 1	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lakeview Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Last Chance Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Last Chance Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lisbon Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Little Bodie Mining Co.	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Little Emma	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Log Cabin Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lone Star Mine	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead	n/a
Long Chance & Vanelmart	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Loughlin	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Gold, Silver	n/a
Mahle	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper	n/a
Mammoth Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Masonic District	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony, Bismuth	found 1902
May Lundy Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
May Lundy Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic	found 1877
Mono	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Montecito	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Moon Group Area Prospects	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Moulas Mine Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
New Bodie Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Nugget Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Page Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Paragon Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Parrett Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Gallium, Radium	n/a
Pittsburg-Liberty Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Powell	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead	n/a
Price Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Quail	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Rancheria Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rattlesnake Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Recovery	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Sacramento Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Saratoga, Lexington, Ranger	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Serita Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Silver Reef Mine	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Lead	n/a
Silverado Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Southern Consolidated Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Standard Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Sunset Claims	Past producer	n/a	Molybdenum, Gold	n/a
Tamarack Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Topaz Lead-Silver Mine	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Gold	n/a
Tower Mine	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Lead	n/a
Twenty Grand Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Virginia Dog Creek Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Ward Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
West	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
West Tower Mine	Past producer	n/a	Tungsten, Gold	n/a
Wild Rose Mine	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Gold	n/a
Wolverine Mine	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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