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Historic gold producers in Cherokee County (USGS)

USGS records 37 historic gold producers in Cherokee County: 37 past producers and 0 listed as producers or plants. For 15 of them USGS gives an output size (3 medium, 12 small). Production years are recorded for 1 sites, from 1841 to 1909. The most common deposit type is low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (10 sites).

Show the 37 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Franklin-Creighton Mine	Past producer	medium	Gold, Cobalt, Copper	1841 to 1909
Cherokee Mine	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Kelogg Mine	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Bailey Property	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1840
Bell-Star	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Burty No.1	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Chester (Turner) Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Davis Mine (Owl Hollow)	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Georgiana Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Latham (Chester)	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
M.D. Smith	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rudicil Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Sandow Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
T.N.Westbrook's	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Worley Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cherokee Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Clarkson Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Coggins Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Creighton Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Cobalt	n/a
Davis Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Georgiana Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Kitchens Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
La Belle Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Latham Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lot 208 Shaft	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Old Bell Cut	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Putnam Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Richards Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rudicil Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
S. R. Smith Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sandow Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sixes Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
T. N. Westbrook Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Three-O-One Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Tripp Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Williams	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Worley Mine	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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