Gold Mines in Trinity County, CA: 17 Abandoned + 479 Historic

Abandoned gold mine records in Trinity County

17 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 17 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
Bluebird Mine #1	surface	Mar 14, 1990	n/a	n/a	n/a
Bonanza King	underground	Mar 18, 1986	n/a	n/a	n/a
Brown Bear Mine	underground	Jul 25, 1983	n/a	n/a	n/a
Bully Choop	underground	Aug 10, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Globe Mine	underground	Aug 10, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Gold Dollar Claims	surface	Mar 14, 1990	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kelly Or Kelly Mine	underground	Oct 19, 1983	n/a	n/a	n/a
La Grange Ii Mine	surface	Aug 16, 1988	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mt Minerals Main	surface	Jul 30, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Norley'S Mt Pmc	surface	Jul 14, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Patience	underground	Jul 21, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Pyramid Mineral Resources	underground	Jul 30, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Strode	underground	Mar 18, 1986	n/a	n/a	n/a
Tangle Blue	underground	Mar 18, 1986	n/a	n/a	n/a
Trinity Mine	underground	Jan 26, 2001	n/a	n/a	n/a
Trinity Quarry	surface	Mar 31, 1993	n/a	n/a	n/a
W Martin And Associates	surface	Aug 16, 1988	n/a	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in Trinity County (USGS)

USGS records 479 historic gold producers in Trinity County: 453 past producers and 26 listed as producers or plants. For 173 of them USGS gives an output size (2 large, 1 medium, 170 small). The most common deposit type is placer Au-PGE (14 sites).

Show the 300 biggest of 479 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Enterprise Mine	Producer	large	Gold	found 1882
Brown Bear Mine	Past producer	large	Gold, Iron, Zinc, Arsenic, Manganese, Lead	n/a
Trinity River Basin District	Past producer	medium	Gold	from 1850
Lewiston	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	from 1912
Valdor Dredge	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium	from 1916
Beebee Claims	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Bording House	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Brooks Lode	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Burnt Ranch	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Carrier Gulch	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Corona De Oro Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Hammer Property	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium	n/a
Hawkins Bar	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Henderson Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
John Boddecker Prospect	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Junction City	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
June	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Kingsbury Gulch	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Koon Ranch	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Iron, Rhodium, Nickel, Copper, Ruthenium, Palladium	n/a
Minersville	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Alaska	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Amy Balch Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Iron	n/a
Arbuckle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Armstrong	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1890
Bailey Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bateman and Mauldin	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Chief	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1908
Bigelow	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Black Cloud Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blagrove	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Blue Jacket	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1897
Bluejay	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bonanza	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	found 1890
Bonanza	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Brizard Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Buck	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1890
Bully Chop Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Iron	n/a
Burner Mines	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Calmich Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Carr's Iron-Capped Dike	Past producer	small	Gold, Iron	n/a
Carrie	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Chanchelulla Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Chapman	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cleveland Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Arsenic	n/a
Copper Queen Group	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Mercury	n/a
Daisy	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Dawn of Hope and Dutch Creek Groups	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Democrat Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Arsenic	n/a
Dewey	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Iron	found 1899
Dixie Queen	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Dorleska Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead	found 1897
Eagle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Emmet Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Arsenic	n/a
Eureka	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Excelsior	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Excelsior Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Fairview Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1897
Fisher Gulch and Bonanza Claims Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Five Pines	Past producer	small	Gold, Arsenic, Manganese	found 1896
Forget-Me-Not	Past producer	small	Gold, Iron	n/a
Fountain Head	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Four Point	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1894
Geneva	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gifford Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Arsenic	n/a
Gilzean Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Globe Consolidated	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Manganese	found 1889
Gold Dollar	Past producer	small	Gold, Iron	n/a
Golden Chest	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Gate Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Jubilee Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Iron	found 1892
Golden King Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Arsenic	found 1884
Grand National Mining Co	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Grover Cleveland Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gypsie Queen	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hardtack	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1889
Hardtimes	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Headlight	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Manganese, Lead	found 1900
Henery Clay	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hidden Treasure	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hunter Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Isabel	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Island Mountain Consolidated	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold, Iron	n/a
Jacoby	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Jerusalem	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Kelley Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Arsenic, Copper, Lead	found 1932
La Clair	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lary Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Last Chance	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic	n/a
Laurel	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1886
Liberty	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lila	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lost Horse	Past producer	small	Gold, Iron	n/a
Lost Horse	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Maple Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1894
Marcellus Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mary Blaine Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mary Jane Gold Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mason and Thayer	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
May Blossom Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mcclaren Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mekel-Fields Property	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Modoc	Past producer	small	Gold, Iron	found 1889
Modoc Gold Mines, Inc.	Past producer	small	Gold, Iron	n/a
Mohawk Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mountain Boomer	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1883
Mueller Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
New Blue Jay Mining Co.	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Manganese	found 1886
Niedra Group	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Nonpareil	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
North Star	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1884
North Star, Evening Star	Past producer	small	Gold, Arsenic	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, Silver, Copper	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, Silver	n/a
Oriole	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1894
Ozark	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Patillo Property	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1898
Paymaster Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver	n/a
Poeth Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	found 1900
Quimby	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Arsenic	found 1902
R.A.M. and Little Alice	Past producer	small	Gold, Iron	n/a
Rainbow	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ralston Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Ray	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Reindeer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ridgeway	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rohlin	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Salmon Summit Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Sherwood Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Silver Grey	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Smith	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Star of the East	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Starvation	Past producer	small	Gold, Iron	found 1932
Strode	Past producer	small	Gold, Manganese	found 1888
Sunny Slope Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Sunshine Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Supplanter	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Toronto Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Arsenic	n/a
Toughnut	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1890
Triangle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Trinity Gold	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Trinity Mohawk	Past producer	small	Gold, Iron	n/a
True Blue	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1892
True Fissure	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Uncle Sam	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
United Trinity	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1886
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	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
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, Silver	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
Unnamed	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Venecia Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Arsenic	n/a
Vermont Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
White Cloud Pocket	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Yellow Aster	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1905
Yellow Suprise	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Beaudry	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Brown Bear	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Carrville	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cinco Mineros Co	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hardscrabble	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
La Grange	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Trinity River	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Boomer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1888
Sherwood	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1889
Globe Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1891
Dorleska	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1899
Keating Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1899
Morning Star	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1899
Salmon Summit	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1911
Schlomberg Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1916
Grand National	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1930
Abbott	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Adoba	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Agnes May	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Alamo	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Albia Placer Claims	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Albies Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Annie and Hall Flat	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Antonia	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Apple Tree and Monte Carlo	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Armstrong Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bablew	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Barthol - Jacobs	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bates and Van Matre	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Batham Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Baxter Gulch and Waldorff Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Beaudry	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Benjamin and Keno Bar	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bergin Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Betty Lou	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Betty's Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Big Boulder	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Big Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Big Flat	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Big Jib	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Big Male	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Black Bess	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bloss and Mccleary	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Blue Jacket	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Boddecker	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Boles	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bolt Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bonanza King	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Boulder	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bouton	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Brady Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Brown	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Brown Fox	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Brown's Bar	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Brown's Ranch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Buckhorn	Past producer	n/a	Gold, PGE, Silver	n/a
Buffalo Bill	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bull Flat	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Canada Hill	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Carr	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Carr Ranch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Carrier Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cecil Bell Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cedar Flat	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cement	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Center	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
China Bar	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
China Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Chinese Gold Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cinco Mineros Co	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Clayton	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cobb Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Coffee Creek Dredge	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cookhouse	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Copper Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Coyle	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
D.b.d.	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Daisy and Hilliard	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dan Raymond Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dannenbrink	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Deadwood	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dixie Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Dolly Varden	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Don Juan Point	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Driver	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dry Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Dutch Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Eastern Star	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Emma	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Empire	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Estabrook	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Evans and Bartlett	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Evans Bar	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Fairview	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ferguson	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Fields	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Fillibuster Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum, Silver	n/a
Five Cent	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Five Pines	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Forty Dollar Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Franklin	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Fratis	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Garden Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gem	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gifford	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Glacier	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gladstone	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gnarled Oak	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Bar	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Nugget	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Ridge	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Golden Chest Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Eagle	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Good Enough	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Good Luck	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Platinum	n/a
Gribble	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Guthrie	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
H.o.s.	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Haley	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hall	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hamilton Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Hanco	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Hang Bar	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hansen	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hardwick	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Harold C. Young	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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