Gold Mines in Plumas County, CA: 18 Abandoned + 261 Historic

Abandoned gold mine records in Plumas County

18 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 18 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
12 Mile Bar	surface	Sep 14, 1983	n/a	n/a	n/a
Calgom Mining Incorporated	processing facility	May 11, 1990	n/a	n/a	n/a
Caribou	surface	Jun 18, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
China Bar/Insurance #1	surface	Nov 9, 1981	n/a	n/a	n/a
Fred Scott Placer	underground	Nov 9, 1981	n/a	n/a	n/a
Grande Finale-Ken Millie	surface	Sep 13, 1996	n/a	n/a	n/a
Indian Creek Mining	surface	Sep 4, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Larkin-Story Hazzard Mine	underground	Oct 1, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Lucky Chance Mine	underground	Oct 1, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Morin & Morin Claims	surface	Oct 1, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Pense Mine	underground	Aug 4, 1987	n/a	n/a	n/a
Plumas Gold Mine	underground	Mar 18, 1991	n/a	n/a	n/a
Rich Bar Mine	surface	May 7, 1986	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sunnyside Mine (Lee Marvin Drift)	underground	Jul 27, 1989	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sunnyside Placer	surface	Apr 26, 1988	n/a	n/a	n/a
Surface Seneca Properties	surface	May 22, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Treasure Canyon Lode Mines	underground	Sep 23, 2002	greenville	Land status not determined in the BLM dataset	Unknown
Underground Seneca Properties	underground	Apr 15, 1986	n/a	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in Plumas County (USGS)

USGS records 261 historic gold producers in Plumas County: 221 past producers and 40 listed as producers or plants. For 23 of them USGS gives an output size (23 small). Production years are recorded for 4 sites, from 1848 to 1943. The most common deposit type is low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (4 sites).

Show the 261 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
La Porte	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	from 1848
Bill and Helen	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Engels	Producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Plinco	Producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Superior	Producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Upper Feather	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Mercury	n/a
Walker	Producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Austrian Syndicate	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Beardsley Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Calnan	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Consolidated Gold and Metal Co.	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Copper Group	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Gruss	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Hinchman	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold	n/a
Mohawk	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum	n/a
Ohio	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead	n/a
Pilot	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Reward	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Rich Gulch	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ruby Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Trask and Copper	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Australia Placer Mining Co	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Buckhorn Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Butte	Producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Cameron	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Carnation	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Crescent Hill Con Gold Mines of Ca	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Crown Point Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Drury	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ellis Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Feather Fork Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Glazier Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Leaf Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Gulch	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Green Mountain Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Greenbower Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Innis Dredging Co	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Iron Queen Deposit	Producer	n/a	Gold, Manganese	n/a
Johnsville	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Long Valley Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Moores Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mordine and Moraine	Producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Plumas Eureka Annex Mining Co	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Plumas Eureka Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Plumas-Eureka	Producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Premium	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Quincy Mining & Water Co	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rich Bar Deposit	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Platinum	found 1850
Saw Pit Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Shenandoah Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Standart Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Walters	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Goldstripe Mine	Plant	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Seneca Dev. Co.	Plant	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Jamison Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Iron, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic	1887 to 1943
Lights Creek Copper Deposits	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	from 1914
Walker Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	from 1916
Albion	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Ally Opp	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Alturas	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Arcadian Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Arrastaville	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Aum Cove	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Australia Placer Mining Co	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Beardsley Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Beatty	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Belafer, A	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Belfrin Extension Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Belfrin Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bellevue	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Berkeley	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bernards' Diggings	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Black Feather	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Black Star and Frost	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Blue Gravel	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Boomerang	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Boundary	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Brilliant	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Buckhorn Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Butte	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Butterfield	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Calliope	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Calnen	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Cameron Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Canton Placer Mining Co.	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Canyon	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Caribou	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Carnation	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Centennial	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Chinaman's Chance	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Comeback	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cooper	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Cornucopia	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Crawford	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Crescent Hill Con Gold Mines of Ca	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Crown Point	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Crown Point Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Curley No. 1	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
De Lone	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Dean	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Devil's Elbow	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Digmore	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Douglas Consolidated	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Droege Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Drury	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Duncan	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Dutchman No. 1	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Eagle	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
El Rico-Mina	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ellis Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Emerson and Muller	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Erickson	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
F. and A.	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Feather River	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
First Chance	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Five Bear Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Five Bears	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Florian	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Forest Grove	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Four Bit Nelson	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Franklin Consolidated	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Frazer Queen	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Friendly	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gallagher	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gibsonville	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gibsonville Consolidated Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Glazier Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Bug	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Crown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold King	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Leaf Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Hind	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Good Hope	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gopher Hills	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gravel Range	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gray Eagle	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Green Mountain Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Greenbower Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Greenhorn	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Grizzly	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Grizzly Bear	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Grizzly Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gruss	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Harper	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Hartery	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Heffner	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Hellas	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hellen	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Heney	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Highland Cliffs	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hill Top	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Hinchman	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Hoffner	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Horseshoe	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Horseshoe Bend	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Indian Hill	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Innis Dredging Co	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Irene	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Jackson Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jackson Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jumbo	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Jura Nos. 1, 2, & 3	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Kanaka	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Kaydee	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Kings Drift	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Kings Gravel Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Kirkham	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Klondyke and Kettle Rock	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
La Porte	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lakin	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead	n/a
Last Chance	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lima	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Little Lady	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Little Stella	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Long Valley Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lost Cache	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lost Channel	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lost Kim	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lott	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lucky Boy	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lucky S	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
M and Z	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Margaret	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Marguerite	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Mayflower Extension	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Meldick	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Michigan Hill	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mill Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Miller	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Minerva Bar	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Miocene	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Missing Link	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Morning Star	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mule Shoe	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Murdock	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Negro Bar	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Negro Ora	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Nora B	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Northern Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
O and O	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Ohio	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead	n/a
Only Chance	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Orange and Poppy	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pendleton	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Phillips Bench	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Pine Leaf	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Plumas Eureka Annex Mining Co	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Plumas Eureka Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Plumas National	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Plumas Placer Resources	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Plumas-Eureka	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Plumas-Eureka Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Iron, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic	found 1851
Premium	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Protection No. 1	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Quincy Mining & Water Co	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
R and M Dredge	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Ratford	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Reward	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Rich Bar	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rich Gulch Consolidated Gold Mines	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rio De Ora	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
River Leasing Co.	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Riverside	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Ruby Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Ruth	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Sandbar	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Santa Cruz	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Saw Mill Bar	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Saw Pit Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Schley	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Scott Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Shenandoah Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Silver Star	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Smiths Hill	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Soda Ravine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Spring Garden Mg Co.	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Stag Point	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Standart Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Sterling	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sunnyside Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sunset	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Taber	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Taylor	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
The Log Cabin	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Toland and Langden	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Topaz and Centennial	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Trask	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Twelve Mile Bar	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Twin Firs	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Walters	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Washington	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Weaver	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
White Elephant	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Wilson-Gomez Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Winters	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Yankee Bar	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Yankee Hill	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Zambese	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	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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