Gold Mines in Shasta County, CA: 1 Open + 387 Historic

Gold mines in Shasta County that are not abandoned

Mine	Type	MSHA status	Employees
Washington Mine	underground	Active	8

Abandoned gold mine records in Shasta 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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
Del Pac Sybil Mine	underground	Jul 17, 1995	n/a	n/a	n/a
Milkmaid Mine	underground	Jun 30, 2021	French Gulch	n/a	n/a
Niagara Project	underground	Dec 31, 1997	n/a	n/a	n/a
Reid Mine	underground	Oct 25, 1989	n/a	n/a	n/a
Silver Falls	underground	Oct 21, 1983	n/a	n/a	n/a
Washington-Niagra Mines	underground	Aug 8, 1988	n/a	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in Shasta County (USGS)

USGS records 387 historic gold producers in Shasta County: 350 past producers and 37 listed as producers or plants. For 91 of them USGS gives an output size (1 medium, 90 small). Production years are recorded for 11 sites, from 1873 to 1962. The most common deposit type is massive sulfide, kuroko (12 sites).

Show the 300 biggest of 387 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
West Shasta District	Producer	medium	Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Bully Hill	Producer	small	Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold	n/a
Castella	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Clear Creek	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Friday-Lowden Group	Producer	small	Copper, Gold, Barium-Barite	n/a
Hall Brothers	Producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Stowell	Producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Afterthought	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead	1873 to 1952
Iron Mountain Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Zinc, Gold, Platinum, Silver, Iron	1897 to 1962
Akers Group	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Alice Consolidated Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
American	Past producer	small	Gold, Arsenic, Lead, Sulfur	n/a
Arps Group	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Zinc, Silver	n/a
Atlantic	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Australia	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Backbone	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead	n/a
Baker	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Baxter Winthrope	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Benson Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Betty May	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Dyke	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc	n/a
Black Bear	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Diamond Group	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Blue Gravel	Past producer	small	Gold, Sulfur	n/a
Calumet Consolidated	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Central	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Chance	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Copley	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Desmond	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Donkey	Past producer	small	Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold	n/a
Early Bird	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
El Dorado	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Esperanza	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Evening Star	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Evening Star	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Florence	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Franklin Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ganim	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Gladstone	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Gladys	Past producer	small	Gold, Sulfur	n/a
Gold Bar No 1-4	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Leaf	Past producer	small	Gold, Sulfur	n/a
Golinsky	Past producer	small	Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver	n/a
Greenhorn	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Highland	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Inez	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Isabel and Queen	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Jensen Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Jones, Leslie	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Jumbo	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Keystone	Past producer	small	Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold	n/a
Lady Slipper	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Little Nellie	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Lucky Boy	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mad Mule	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mammoth	Past producer	small	Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold	n/a
Manlove	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Menzel	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Merry Mountain	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Midas Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Milkmaid	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Milton	Past producer	small	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Morton & Bliss	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mount Shasta	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Murray	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
New York & Skylark	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Niagara Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Olive	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Original Quartz Hill	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Oro Grande	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Platina	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Reid	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Rising Star	Past producer	small	Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Lead	n/a
Shasta King	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc	n/a
Silverfalls - Chicago Consol.	Past producer	small	Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold	n/a
Stacey	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Stowell Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Summit	Past producer	small	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Arsenic	n/a
Sunny Hill	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Sutro	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Sybil	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Tanglefoot	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Texas Consolidated	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Three Sisters	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Tom Green	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Walker	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Walker	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Washington	Past producer	small	Gold, Tungsten, Silver	n/a
White Star Silver Group	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Woodfill	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Yankee John	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Auclair Suction Dredge	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Carlson	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cascade Dredging Co	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Combination	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cook	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cortez	Producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Davidson	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
El Oro Dredging Co	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
French Gulch-Deadwood-Brown Bear	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Hardscrabble	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Holly	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hornet Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
King Copper Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
New Last Chance Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Olson Dredge	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Philadelphia and Roosevelt	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rattlesnake	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rise Corp	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Silver King	Producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
South Fork-Igo	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
South Star	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sunshine Gold Mining Company	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Thurman Gold Dredging Co	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Tompson Property	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Uncle Sam	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Unnamed Property	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Unnamed Property	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Whiskey Hill	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Whiskeytown-Mad Mule Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Wynndotte Dredge	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bully Hill	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	from 1877
Iron Mountain Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite	from 1879
Balaklala	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Gold, Iron	1895 to 1948
Balaklava Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite	from 1906
Golinsky	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Iron, Sulfur	from 1906
Sutro Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Iron, Sulfur	from 1913
Grab	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite	from 1916
Early Bird Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite	from 1922
Keystone Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite	from 1923
A C Collins	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Advance Consolidated	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ajax	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Al Toland	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Alice Consolidated	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Alliance	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Anavina Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Copper	n/a
Arndt-Haschke	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ballou Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bee Creek Oper	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bell Cow	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bell Cow	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Benson	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bidwell Placer Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Big Boulder	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Big Nugget	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Big Windy Placer Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bjork Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Black & Brown Bear	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Black Bear	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Black Cloud and Red Top	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Black Diamond	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Black Diamond	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Black Jack	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Black Oak Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Black Spider	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Iron	n/a
Black Spider	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Blackstone	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Blue Bird	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Blue Bird	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Blue Gravel	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bodie	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bonanza	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bonanza Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Boswell Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Sulfur	n/a
Boulder Creek Unit	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bright Star Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Broken Hill	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Iron, Sulfur	n/a
Brunswick	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Brunswick	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bulwer and Virginia	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bunker Hill	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bunker Hill	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Carlson	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cascade Dredging Co	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cates Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Centennial	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Central	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Clara	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Clear Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Clear Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cleavland	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Iron	n/a
Cleveland	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Climax	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Climax	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Clipper and Snyder Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Colorado	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Compton	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Connelly and Litsch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Continental	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Cook	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Corrine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cortez	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Crow Creek Dredge	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Crown Point	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dandy	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Davidson	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Davidson	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dawson Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Delta Consolidated	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Desmond	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Diamond	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Diamond	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Diestelhorst	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Dixon and Cooper	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Dobson Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Double Header	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dreadnaught	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Iron	n/a
East View	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Edna B.	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Eiller	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
El Dorado	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
El Oro Dredging Co	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Elizabeth	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ellis	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Empire	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Empire	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Eureka Tellurium	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Eureka Tellurium	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Evening Star	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Franklin	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Franklin Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Freemont	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gambrinus	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Manganese	n/a
Gambrinus	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ganim	Past producer	n/a	Talc-Soapstone, Copper, Gold	n/a
Gardner	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Garfield	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Gas Point Dredge	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gem	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gladstone	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Acres	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Bar	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Bar Nos. 1-4	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Chariot	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Dollar	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold King	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Nugget	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Chariot	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Crown	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Spar Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gossan Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Grabstake	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gray Eagle	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Great Western	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Green	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Greenhouse	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Grubstake Placer Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Halcyron	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Haleyon Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Hardscrabble	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hoboe	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Homestead	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Honeycomb and Shea	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hope	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hornet	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Horstman	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead	n/a
Humming Bird	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Igo	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Inca	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Index	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Index Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Indiana	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Indiana Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Iron Hand	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Isabel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
J.i.c.	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
James Paige Ranch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Janice Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Jealous	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jensen	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jerusalem	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jim Fisk	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jubilee	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jumbo	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Juniper Flat	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Keswick Hydraulic Pits	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Kit Carson	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Kutras	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Laconia	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Last Chance	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Leona	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Liberty	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Little Bend	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Little Judy Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Little Maud	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Lizzie Longley	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lodi	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Lost Channel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lucky Seven	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lyons Consolidated	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mad Dog	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mad Mule	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mad Ox	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mammoth	Past producer	n/a	Sulfur, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Cadmium, Gold, Lead, Iron	found 1880
Mccall	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
McKinnon	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Meeks	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Menzel	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Midas	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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