Gold Mines in Nevada County, CA: 2 Open + 969 Historic

Gold mines in Nevada County that are not abandoned

Mine	Type	MSHA status	Employees
Red Ledge Mine	surface	Intermittent	3
Ruby Mine	underground	Active	2

Abandoned gold mine records in Nevada County

24 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 24 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
Aetna	underground	Mar 3, 1981	n/a	n/a	n/a
Alta Mine	underground	Dec 4, 1989	n/a	n/a	n/a
Badger Diggings	surface	Aug 16, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Blue Lead Mine	underground	Dec 8, 1989	n/a	n/a	n/a
Crystal Hill Mine	surface	Aug 9, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Denson	surface	May 7, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
French Corral Mine	surface	Jul 5, 2016	French Corral	Land status not determined in the BLM dataset	Occurrence
French Corral Operation	surface	Apr 4, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
German Bar Mine	underground	Aug 28, 1989	n/a	n/a	n/a
Gold Key	surface	Feb 3, 1988	n/a	n/a	n/a
Idaho Maryland Mine	underground	Sep 5, 1997	n/a	n/a	n/a
Indiana Mine	underground	Jan 15, 1978	n/a	n/a	n/a
Iowa Project	underground	Dec 17, 1986	n/a	n/a	n/a
Lone Wolf	underground	Sep 24, 1998	n/a	n/a	n/a
Manzanita Mine	underground	Apr 10, 1986	n/a	n/a	n/a
Meadow Lake Mine	underground	Nov 6, 1987	n/a	n/a	n/a
Nubbins Hope	surface	Feb 17, 1988	n/a	n/a	n/a
Octo Mine	surface	Apr 24, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Oro Mine	underground	Aug 28, 1989	n/a	n/a	n/a
Red Ledge Mining Co.	underground	May 22, 2026	washington, ca	Land status not determined in the BLM dataset	Producer
San Juan Ridge	surface	Dec 7, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
San Juan Ridge Mine	underground	Aug 15, 1997	n/a	n/a	n/a
Twin Sisters	underground	Aug 19, 1991	n/a	n/a	n/a
Twin Sisters Mine	underground	Nov 25, 2019	Grass Valley	Land status not determined in the BLM dataset	Past producer, small output

Historic gold producers in Nevada County (USGS)

USGS records 969 historic gold producers in Nevada County: 933 past producers and 36 listed as producers or plants. For 754 of them USGS gives an output size (7 large, 10 medium, 737 small). The most common deposit type is low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (22 sites).

Show the 300 biggest of 969 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Grass Valley District - Remainder	Past producer	large	Gold, Tungsten	from 1850
Champion Con Qtz	Past producer	large	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Empire Mines Co.	Past producer	large	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	n/a
Idaho - Maryland	Past producer	large	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	n/a
Murchie	Past producer	large	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	n/a
North Star	Past producer	large	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Pennsylvania	Past producer	large	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver	n/a
Allison Ranch Qtz.	Past producer	medium	Gold, Lead, Copper	n/a
Ancho Qtz	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Canada Hill	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic, Tin	n/a
Delhi	Past producer	medium	Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc	n/a
Gaston Ridge	Past producer	medium	Gold, Copper, Lead	n/a
Gold Hill Qtz	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Mountaineer	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Norambagua	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Omaha Cons.	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
You Bet District	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver	n/a
Rough-And-Ready	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	from 1848
Eureka and Union Cons. Gravel Union Co.?	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gravel Hill Placer	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Liberty Group	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Liberty Hill Diggings	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little York Diggings	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Omega	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Relief Hill	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Titanium, Metal, Chromium	found 1851
San Juan Gold Company	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Taylor	Producer	small	Iron, Copper, Gold	n/a
German Bar	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum	from 1851
Moore'm Flat District	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	from 1880
A & B Native Son Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Aetna Ledge	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ajax	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alaska	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alcade	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
All's Well Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Allison Ranch Ford	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alpha Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Alpine Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Alta & Bingham Cons Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Amador	Past producer	small	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
American Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Anderson	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Annie & Russel Ravine Lodes	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Anrolal Star Gold Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Any Port In A Storm	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Archie Nivens	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Arctic Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Arctuvas Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Arkasas Traveler	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Zinc	n/a
Assisi Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Awalrath Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Azalea	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Baby Cons	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Badger Hill Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Baldwin	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Baltic Con Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Baltimore Cons Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Banner and Central	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Tungsten	n/a
Barron	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Basin & Pointer Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bavaria Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bayard Taylor Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Becker Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Belcher Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bella Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Belle of France	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Belle Union	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bellefontaine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ben Franklin	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Berkeley Prospect	Past producer	small	Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Sulfur, Arsenic	found 1904
Berlin Cons.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Berriman	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Betsy	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Four	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Biggs & Sims	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Birchville	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Bitner Group	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Aluminum, Magnesite	n/a
Black Bear	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Hawk Ext.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blake Mng. Ground	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Bell Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Blue Bird Cons Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Cloud Cons Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Jay Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Jay Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Rock	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blueledge Gold & Silver Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bodie Creek Code	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Boreham	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Boss	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Boss Con Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Boundary	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Copper	n/a
Bowery	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bowser Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Brackett Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Brockington Cons.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Brunswick	Past producer	small	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver	n/a
Buckeye Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Buckhorn & Wedge Lodes	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Buckskin Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Buelow Con Gold Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Buena Vista	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bullion Con	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Tungsten	n/a
Bunker Hill	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bunker Hill Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bunker Hill Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Butterfly & Big Blue	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cabin Flat Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cadmus	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead	n/a
Calcor Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Caledonia	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Calif. Cons'D Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
California	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
California	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
California Gold and Copper	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Cambridge Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Canton	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Canyon Creek Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Carlisle	Past producer	small	Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver	n/a
Carr	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cassidy Con Ext. & W.Y.O.D. Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cassidy Cons. Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cedar Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cedar Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Celia	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Celina & Bates Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Centennial	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Centennial	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Central & Gray Eagle Gp.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Central Con Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Central North Star	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Central Shaft	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cepens Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Champion Copper	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Champion Fraction Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Champion Lode	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	n/a
Champion Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Charleston Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Chesapeake	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Chester Butler	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Chicago Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Christopher Columbus	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cincinnatti Hill Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cleveland	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Coau	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Coe Mines	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Colombia Cons Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Columbia Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Comet	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Con Iron Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Confidence	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Congo	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Conlon	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Connecticut Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Consols Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Constitution Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Copens	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Corinth Cons.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cornucopia Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cosmopolitan Ledge	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cotton King	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Crackerjack	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Crescent Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Croesus North Ext Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Croesus Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Crown Point Con. Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead	n/a
Culbertson	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cyane Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Daisy Hill	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Daisy King & Golden Shore	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dakota Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dal Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dandarine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Daybreak & Freedom	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Deadwood Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic	n/a
Debarnardi	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dee Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Deer Creek	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Defiance Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Detiance Gp	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dewey Hobson Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dewey, Electrum, & Pinnacle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Diamond	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Diamond	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Diamond Creek	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Dillon Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dinero Mining Co.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dipper	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dividend	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dodo Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dog Star Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Don Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dorothy D Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dower Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dromedary	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dublin Bay Cons.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dutretre Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Eagle Bird Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Eagle Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
East Eureka Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
East Home Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
East Orleans Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
East Star Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Eclipse	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Eclipse Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Eddy Gold Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Edison	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Edison Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Emancipation Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Emily Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Emmett Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Empire Star Mines Co	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc	n/a
Empire West	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Empress	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
English Mountain	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold	n/a
Enterprise Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper	n/a
Erie Con Lode	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Copper	n/a
Ethel Gold Mining Co.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Eureka Gold Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Evergreen Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Excelsior	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Zinc, Iron, Arsenic	n/a
Excelsior Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fahey	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fair Play	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fairview	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Federal Loan & Consols	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead	n/a
Fillmore Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Forest	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fraction	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Franklin	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fred C. Luetje & Carl E. Schwartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Free Trade Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Freeman Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gainbrinus Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Galena Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gambler Gold & Silver	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Garage	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gemlode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
General Grant	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
General Grant	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
General Grant Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
General Miles Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Geo. Washington, Abraham Lincoln & Geo. Dewey	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
George C Gaylord	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
George C Gaylord	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
George Grant	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
German	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Germany Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Giant King Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	n/a
Gladstone	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gladstone	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Glencoe	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Globe	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Bar Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Blossom Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Flat Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Flat Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Hill	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Gold Mound	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Run Con.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Age Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Center Gp	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	n/a
Golden Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Gate	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Gate Con Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Gate Gp	Past producer	small	Gold, Chromium	n/a
Golden Lily Gp.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Shore	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Star	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Treasure	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Good Hope Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Goodall Con	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Goosenest Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gould & Curry	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gracie Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	n/a
Granite Hill	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Granite Hill Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Grant Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Grass Valley - Boreham Gold Mng. Co.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Grass Valley Ext	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Great Bear Qtz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Great Bear, Grey Eagle & Springer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Great Britain Con. Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Great Eastern Claims	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Great Western-Great Eastern	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Greely Blackman Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Green Emigrant	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Green Lode	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Green Mountain	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Greenhorn Creek	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Greenman	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Grey Eagle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Grey Eagle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Greystone Gp.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Grizzley Ridge	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Grover Cleveland	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Haiselton Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Half Moon Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Halphene Qtz.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Harrison, Bryant & Olcott	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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