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Historic gold producers in Adams County (USGS)

USGS records 30 historic gold producers in Adams County: 29 past producers and 1 listed as a producer or plant. For 18 of them USGS gives an output size (18 small).

Show the 30 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Peacock Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead	from 1888
Blue Jacket Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten	from 1897
Queen Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold, Tungsten	from 1897
White Monument Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	from 1898
Black Lake Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	from 1905
River Queen Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	from 1912
Copper Cliff Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	from 1972
1905 Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Arkansas Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver	found 1887
Azurite Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Gold, Silver	n/a
Badger Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Carrick Diggings Placer Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Frenchy's Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver	found 1880
Helena Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten	found 1887
McCarty Prospect	Past producer	small	Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Placer Basin Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Rock Flat Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Corundum, Gemstone, REE, Garnet, Zirconium, Titanium	n/a
Tussel Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Tungsten	n/a
Red Ledge Mine	Producer	n/a	Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Lead	found 1895
North Hornet Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Uranium, REE, Niobium (Columbium), Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tantalum	from 1931
Axe	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc	n/a
Bald Eagle Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Calumet Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten	n/a
Crackerjack	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Iron Springs	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lime Peak Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Maid of Erin Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
North Lime Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Paradise Cabin	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Russell Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, 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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