Gold Mines in Placer County, CA: 1 Open + 547 Historic

Gold mines in Placer County that are not abandoned

Mine	Type	MSHA status	Employees
Big Seam mine	underground	Active	8

Abandoned gold mine records in Placer County

33 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 33 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
American Bar Quartz	surface	May 27, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
American Hill Mine	surface	Jul 21, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
C M D	underground	Dec 8, 1988	n/a	n/a	n/a
Cmd Mine	underground	Jun 22, 1994	n/a	n/a	n/a
Dandy Quartz Mine	underground	Sep 26, 2000	n/a	n/a	n/a
Digmore Placer	underground	Apr 11, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Donna'S Stake	underground	Aug 9, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
East Branch Mine	underground	Jan 20, 1987	n/a	n/a	n/a
El Dorado	surface	Aug 11, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
El Dorado Mine Last Chance	underground	Jun 8, 2000	n/a	n/a	n/a
Gleason Diggings	surface	Mar 15, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Gold Bug Mine Camc266545	underground	Sep 18, 2000	n/a	n/a	n/a
Gold King Mine	underground	Dec 4, 1998	n/a	n/a	n/a
Gold Run Mine	underground	Mar 12, 1981	n/a	n/a	n/a
Hazard	underground	Jun 8, 1992	n/a	n/a	n/a
Hope & Wildcat	underground	May 28, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Indian Creek Phase A	surface	Jun 7, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Junction Bar	surface	Jul 16, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Little Mad	underground	May 26, 1988	n/a	n/a	n/a
Merz Mine	underground	Jul 21, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
North American Mine	surface	Jul 25, 1983	n/a	n/a	n/a
Pacific Mine	surface	Sep 7, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Pegasus Mine	surface	May 27, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Red Star	underground	Jul 16, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Stewart Mine	underground	Aug 20, 1990	n/a	n/a	n/a
Swiftshore Mine	underground	Mar 22, 2006	Forest Hill	Land status not determined in the BLM dataset	n/a
Three Queens	underground	Jul 16, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Three Queens Mine	underground	Aug 1, 2000	n/a	n/a	n/a
Truro	underground	Oct 14, 1981	n/a	n/a	n/a
Upper Demaria Mine	underground	Jan 31, 2000	n/a	n/a	n/a
Waynbo Drift Mine Wayne S. Tunnel	surface	Mar 5, 2009	forest hill	n/a	n/a
Westside Quartz Mine	underground	May 29, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Wild Cat Mines	underground	Jun 28, 2007	Forest Hill	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in Placer County (USGS)

USGS records 547 historic gold producers in Placer County: 449 past producers and 98 listed as producers or plants. For 231 of them USGS gives an output size (1 large, 2 medium, 228 small). The most common deposit type is placer Au-PGE (7 sites).

Show the 300 biggest of 547 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Rising Sun	Past producer	large	Gold, Copper	n/a
Alabama	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Bismuth, Antimony, Arsenic	n/a
Pioneer Mine	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver	n/a
Barton Drift Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Canyon	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Guggenheim Dredge	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Haskell Gaylord Hassler Placer Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Kelly	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Laird Gravel Mine.	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lee Mine Murdoch	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lincoln	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Lucky Strike	Producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Mammoth Bar	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Rhodium, Palladium, Iridium, Osmium	n/a
Oakwood Placer Mining Co.	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ophir	Producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Oro Bell Dredging Co. Chenoweth Dredger	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Pacific Gold Dredging Co.	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Iridium	n/a
Peter Oest Claim	Producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Theniss & Adams	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
88 Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Adams	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Alameda	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Algol Mine Argall?	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold	n/a
American Bar	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Annie Laurie	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Auburn	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Auburn Pacific	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	n/a
Australian Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bald Mountain	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Baver	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bazacoo	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Beauty Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Belle Union	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Belvoir Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Ben Cons.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Blue	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Big John	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Oak Tree Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Pine Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Big Tree	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bisbee	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Canyon	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Hawk	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Jack Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Oak	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Spanish No. 2	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Bell	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Eagle Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Blue Jay	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Wing	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bobtail Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Bonanza Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bonnie Bee	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bonnie Bell	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Booth	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Boulder	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bree	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Brunn	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Brushy Creek	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Buena Vista	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bullion	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bunker and Nihill	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Burner Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Butcher Boy Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Butts Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Calf Pasture Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
California	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Carter, Wallace and Augustine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Centennial	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Central Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Champion	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Chicago	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Chicago	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Christmas Hill	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Colorado and Trio	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Conrad	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Continential	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cooper Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Crandell Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Crater Hill	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Crosby Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cuckoo	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dahlonega	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dairy Farm Trent, Vantrent	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Daniel Webster	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Debb Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Dewey and Stocker	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dewey Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Doherty	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Doherty Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Doig Consolidated	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dolores and Black Spanish	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dorer	Past producer	small	Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc	n/a
Drummond Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dry Hill and Blue Jay	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
E Ext. Shurtleff, E. Ext Conrad and New Hope	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Eagle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Eclipse Consolidated	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Elizabeth Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Enterprise	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Eureka Cons.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Eureka Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Eva Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Evening Star	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fall Ravine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Ferrier Diggings	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Flat Ravine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Franklin, Quinn, Quincy	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Garbe and De Maria Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Manganese	n/a
Gem Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Blossom	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic	n/a
Gold Dike Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Gold King Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Arsenic	n/a
Gold Leaf Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Arcadia	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Golden Reward	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Rule	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Rule, Lucky, Hilltop Ward Claims	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Sheaf Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Stag	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Molybdenum	n/a
Golden West	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Good Hope	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Grass Ravine and Workman	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Great Eastern	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Great Western	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Green Emigrant	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Green Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hathaway	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic	n/a
Herman Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Hermit	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hill Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hinchy	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Home Stake	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hope	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
International	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Julia Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Julian	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Kings Hill Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Kings Hill Quartz Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Kittler Consolidated	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
La Trinidad	Past producer	small	Gold, Arsenic, Copper, Silver, Antimony	n/a
Lafollette	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic	n/a
Lakeview	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold	n/a
Lambert & Rhodes, Karl, Albert, Plate, Emmet, Henery, Gladie.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Liberty	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little Banner Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little Ginger	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Live Oak Ravine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lizard	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lost Emigrant	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lundquist	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Malmberg	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Marguerite	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead	n/a
Mars Cons.	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Mcanany	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mcbride	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Merz Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mina Rica	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Mollie	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Monarch	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Monarch Dev. Co., Ltd.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Moore Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead	n/a
Morning Star and Rocky Ridge	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
New Era and Brush Fence Mines	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
North Star	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
North Star Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Number Two Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Old Pacific	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Old Vore Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Owl Creek	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Pacific	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Pacific Slab	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Patrick Cons.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Peachy Consolidated	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Pine Tree	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Pinkeye and Demijohn Claims	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Prarie Flower	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
President Wilson	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Providence	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Quien Sabe	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Quinn, Green-Walter, Good Friday Cornvcopia	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
R. H. Lee Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rainbow	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rawhide Consolidated	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Razzle Dazzle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Reciprocity	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Red Bird Consolidated	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Redstone	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rip Van Winkle	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Roach Hill Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rock Creek Vein	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Rocky Ridge	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Roosevelt	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rublin Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ruby	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Salig Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Salsic	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Secret Town	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Shady Run	Past producer	small	Gold, Arsenic	n/a
Sharron Cons., Etal	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Sisley Sicily Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead	n/a
Snowbird Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Southern Cross	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Arsenic	n/a
Spanish	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Spanish Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Specimen Gulch Prospects	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
St. Lawrence	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Antimony, Silver	n/a
Suckers Revenge	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Tahoe Treasure Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Arsenic	n/a
Texas Hill and Texas Hill Ext.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Three Queens	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Three Stars	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Tigar Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Two Orphans	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Tyron	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Arsenic	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Valley View	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Van Avery Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Victory	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	n/a
Washington Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
West Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Whiskey Tunnel	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
White Cloud Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
White Oak	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Wubbena	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Adams Pit	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Alta Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bake Oven Placer	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Baker Divide	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Baltimore	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bear River Chrome Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Big Dipper	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Big Gun	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Big Spring	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bob Lewis	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Booth River	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bowman	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Buckeye	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Burns	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
C N Chittenden Lease	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Campbell	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Canada Hill	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Carmack	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cedar Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Collins	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Copper Bottom	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dam Claim	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dardanelles	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dayton Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Devils Basin Cons Mines	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dixie Queen	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dredge Tailings	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dutch Flat Blue Lead	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dutch Flat-Gold Run	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
E M Kaufield	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Elizabeth Hill	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Excelsior Claim	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Foresthill	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Franklin	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Georgia Hill Mines	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gladding Ranch	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Goggins	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold King	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gould Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Greek	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Grizzly	Producer	n/a	Silver, Gold	n/a
Hard Climb Prospect	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Home Ticket Drift Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Horseshoe Bar	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Horseshoe Bar	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Independent	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Indiana Hill	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Iowa Hill	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Iowa Hill	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Iowa Hill & Byrds Flat	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jarvis	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Live Oak	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lost Camp Hydraulic Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mayflower	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mayflower Gravel Mng Co	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mc Geechin Placer Gold Mng Co	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Monumental	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Moss Ledge	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Nicholls Estate Company	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Occidental	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Old Jupiter	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Paragon	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Park & Brown	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Peckham Hill Gold Mines Inc	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pine Nut	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Potato Flatiron	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Red Point	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Red Star Prospect	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rio Del Oro	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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