Gold Mines in Siskiyou County, CA: 28 Abandoned + 919 Historic

Abandoned gold mine records in Siskiyou County

28 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 28 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
Big Mama	surface	Jul 24, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Boulder Bar Placer Mine	surface	Jul 23, 1990	n/a	n/a	n/a
Butterfly Mine	underground	Oct 13, 1981	n/a	n/a	n/a
Cecilville	surface	Jul 28, 1998	n/a	n/a	n/a
Cherry Cr. Placer	surface	Jun 25, 1997	n/a	n/a	n/a
Cherry Hill Mine	underground	Oct 1, 2013	Yreka, CA	Federal land in a US Forest Service national forest or grassland	Past producer, small output
Discovery Day Mine	underground	Jan 1, 2014	Forks of Salmon	Federal land in a US Forest Service national forest or grassland	Past producer
E T Mine	surface	Apr 24, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Eddy Gulch Mines	underground	Jun 17, 2010	Alta	n/a	n/a
Eno-Gallia	surface	Jul 24, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Golden Cedar Mines Inc	surface	May 5, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Golden Girl	surface	Mar 10, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Golden Girl Dredge	surface	Oct 8, 1981	n/a	n/a	n/a
Grey Eagle Mine	surface	Jul 25, 1986	n/a	n/a	n/a
Gumboot Mine	underground	Dec 3, 2003	Medford	n/a	n/a
Haywire Mine	underground	Apr 5, 1994	n/a	n/a	n/a
High Bar Placer	surface	Jul 20, 2009	Forks of Salmon	Federal land in a US Forest Service national forest or grassland	Unknown
Hole In The Earth #1	surface	May 20, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Ironside Mine	underground	Jan 19, 1983	n/a	n/a	n/a
Klondike Placer Mine	surface	Jul 22, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Longpoint Placer	surface	Oct 9, 1981	n/a	n/a	n/a
Malloy	underground	Sep 16, 1986	n/a	n/a	n/a
Monetta Bee	surface	Oct 24, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mtn Laurel Quartz Mn/Gold Ball Mill Site	underground	Nov 29, 2011	Sawyers Bar	Federal land in a US Forest Service national forest or grassland	Unknown
Small gold operation (MSHA 0405567)	surface	Feb 21, 2007	Hamburg	n/a	n/a
Rattlesnake Creek	surface	Sep 14, 1989	n/a	n/a	n/a
Reliance #2	surface	Sep 15, 1989	n/a	n/a	n/a
Whites Gulch Mine	surface	Aug 23, 1978	n/a	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in Siskiyou County (USGS)

USGS records 919 historic gold producers in Siskiyou County: 803 past producers and 116 listed as producers or plants. For 381 of them USGS gives an output size (1 large, 9 medium, 371 small). The most common deposit type is placer Au-PGE (13 sites).

Show the 300 biggest of 919 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Black Bear	Past producer	large	Gold	n/a
Golden Eagle	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Hazel	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Highland	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Humpback	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Independence	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
King Solomon Mines Co	Past producer	medium	Gold, Manganese	n/a
Morrison and Carlock	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Mountain Laurel	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Salmon River District	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Jessops Gulch	Producer	small	Gold, Iridium, Osmium	from 1855
Negro Hill Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	from 1855
Orcutt Hydraulic Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	from 1855
Blue Nose Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Callahan	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Chromium	n/a
Mann and Ross Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium	n/a
Michigan Salmon	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium	n/a
Peterson Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium	n/a
Seiad	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Short Bend and River Bend Placers	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Ten Eyck Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Iridium, Osmium, Platinum	n/a
Cherry Hill	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	from 1913
Abrams	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Adelaide	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Advance	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Amazon	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Ames	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Anna Johnson & Suprise	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Attlebury	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Autumn	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Badger State Co.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Baily	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Baker	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Baldwin Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Balfrey	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Ball Quartz Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Banner	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Barandun	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Barnum	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead	n/a
Ben Neil	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bender	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Better Yet	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Add	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Cliff	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Joe	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Ledge	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Bass	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Hawk	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blanket	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blind Lode	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Eagle & Black Dike Groups	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Blue Horn	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Jay	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Lead	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Ledge	Past producer	small	Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Lead	n/a
Bonanza	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bonanza Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bonanza Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Boss	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Boulder	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bowser	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Boyle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bumblebee	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Buzzard Hill Mine, Inc.	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
C. B. & Q	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
California American Mining Co.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
California Consolidated	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
California Queen	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Callahan and Co.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cape Cod	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Captain Smith	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cariboo	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Carl & Shaw	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cassadoga	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cassel Quartz Company	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cayuse Joe	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Central	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Challange	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Champ Oak	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Champion	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Chapman	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Claus Peters	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cleaver	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Collateral	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Columbia Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper	n/a
Commodore	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Comstock No. 2	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Condensed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Connor	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Contact & Bonanza	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Conzetti Quartz Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Corbett Gold	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Corey	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Corey	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cornish Ledge	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cory Bros.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Crawfish Gulch	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Copper	n/a
Crawley	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cub Bear and Blue Jeans	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
David Ledge	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Davis	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Deer Lodge	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dewey	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Double Eagle & Little Quartz	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Easter	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Eli	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Eliza	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Silver, Arsenic	n/a
Elk Creek	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Empire	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Empire Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Arsenic, Copper	n/a
Enterprise	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Eureka & W.J.D. Prospects	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Facey	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fairchild Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ferndale	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Flag	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fleetwood & Nannie S.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fools Paradise	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Frank and Munction's	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Franklin	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
French Pete	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gardner & Deming	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
George Smith	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gibralter	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gilfeather	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Gilta	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Gold and Nickel	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Ball Mining Co.	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Gold Bar	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Bug	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Crown	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Gold Crown	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Gold Mtn. Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Nickel	n/a
Gold Reef	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Road Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Age Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Golden Jubilee	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Leaf	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Rule	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Golden Seal	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden West	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Wonder	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Goodenough	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Great Northern	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Green Mountain	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Griffin	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Grizzly Gulch	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gumboot	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	n/a
Hadloff	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hansen	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hardscrabble	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Harrington	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hathaway Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Helger	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hi-You, Aurora & Apex	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Hibernia	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hickey	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hicks	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Highland	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Highland Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hobart	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hoboken	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hogan	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Homestake	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Hooper Ledge	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Humming Bug Mine, Inc.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hunter & Downey	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ida May	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Indian Creek	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Indian Girl	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Inyo	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Iron Dike	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Iron Sides	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Isabella	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Jake Connor	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Jehovah	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Johnson	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Johnson & China Paul	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Johnson and Lewis	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Jumbo	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Kangaroo	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Katie May	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Keaton	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Keenan	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
King Jade	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
King Tut	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Kinkaid Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Klamath	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Know Nothing	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lanky Bob and Slim Jim	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Last Chance	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Last Chance	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Last Chance	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lewis	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Liberty	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lima	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little Bonsa	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little Queen	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little Wanderer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Live Yankee	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Long Gulch	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Low Hill	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lucky Boy	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lucky Boy	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Lucky Strike	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lumgrey	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Luna	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
M and M	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mabel	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Malloy	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mammon Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Marath Mining Corp.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Marrian & Goodale	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mat-A-Pan	Past producer	small	Gold, Manganese, Lead	n/a
Mcclaughry Gp.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
McKenzie	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Metropolitan	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Middle Fork Mines	Past producer	small	Gold, Manganese	n/a
Miller	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mint	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Monarch	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Morning Star	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mount Bloomer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mount Bolivar	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mount Bullion	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mount Vernon Mines, Inc.	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Mountain Belle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Myers	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mystery	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Nebraska	Past producer	small	Gold, Manganese	n/a
Negro Boy	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Neilon and Putnam Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Nelson	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Nelson	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
New Discovery	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
New York	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Nicolett	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ninety	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Norma	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Occurence	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Occurrence	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Copper	n/a
Occurrence	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Occurrence	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Occurrence	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Occurrence	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Occurrence	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Occurrence	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Occurrence	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ohio	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Old Indian	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Old Vet and Eclipse	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Olive	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
One Hundred Dollar	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Oom Paul	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Oriental Quartz Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Oro Grande	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Oro Grande Mining Co.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Osceola	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Osgood	Past producer	small	Gold, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Overton	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Paradise Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Paymaster	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Peters	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Phillips & Cartwright	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Pinkham	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Piolet Knob	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Piolet Knob and Kearsarge	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Pitts	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Porphyry Dike	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Preston Peak	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold	n/a
Providence	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Punch Creek	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Quartz Hill	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Queen	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Queen of Sheba	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rainbow	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rainbow	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Rattlesnake	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Red Hill	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Reeder Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Reliable and Extension	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Reno Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Renown Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Roberts	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Robinson Gulch	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Roff	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Roff	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ronning	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rough and Frye	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Saint Lawrence	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Salmon River Mines Co.	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Schroeder	Past producer	small	Gold, Arsenic	n/a
Scioc	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Scott Bar Mines, Inc.	Past producer	small	Gold, Zinc, Antimony, Lead	n/a
Scott River District	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Security	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Sergeant	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Sheba	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Sheba	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Sheffield	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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