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Historic gold producers in Sacramento County (USGS)

USGS records 55 historic gold producers in Sacramento County: 32 past producers and 23 listed as producers or plants. For 7 of them USGS gives an output size (1 medium, 6 small). Production years are recorded for 1 sites, from 1848 to 1962. The most common deposit type is placer Au-PGE (4 sites).

Show the 55 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Folsom	Past producer	medium	Gold, Iridium, Osmium, Platinum	1848 to 1962
Michigan Bar	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium	n/a
Brighton Sand and Gravel Co.	Past producer	small	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold	n/a
Del Paso Rock Products Co.	Past producer	small	Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction	n/a
Fair Oaks Gravel Co.	Past producer	small	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold	n/a
Haggin Gravel Co.	Past producer	small	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold	n/a
Teichert Aggregates	Past producer	small	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold	n/a
American River Area	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
American River Placer Deposits	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Buckeye Flat Mining Co.	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cosumnes Gold Dredging Co.	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dorian	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
E. L. Butler Ranch	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Evanis	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Folsom District	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Platinum	found 1849
General Dredging Co.	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Hill Dredging Co.	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gray Drift Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gray Wing Extension	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lancha Plana Gold Dredging Co.	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
M. E. Strait Ranch	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mountain Gold Dredging Co.	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Placer Deposits	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Placer Deposits	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Placer Deposits	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sloughhouse	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Unnamed Dredge Tailings	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Unnamed Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Unnamed Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
American River Area	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
American River Area	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum, Silver	n/a
Brighton Sand and Gravel Co.	Past producer	n/a	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold	n/a
Capital Dredging Co.	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Platinum	n/a
Cosumnes Gold Dredging Co.	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Del Paso Rock Products Co.	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction	n/a
Evanis	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Fair Oaks Gravel Co.	Past producer	n/a	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold	n/a
General Dredging Co.	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Hill Dredging Co.	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gray Wing Extension	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Haggin Gravel Co.	Past producer	n/a	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken	n/a
Hoosier Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Humphreys Dredge	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Kiefe Estate	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lancha Plana Gold Dredging Co.	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
M. E. Strait Ranch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mahon	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Martin J Quinn Ranch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Michigan Bar District	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, PGE	found 1850
Mountain Gold Dredging Co.	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Natomas Co.	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum, Silver	n/a
Prarie City	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Rossi Ground	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Sacramento Gold	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Thurman and Wright	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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