Gold mines in Clearwater County, Idaho

Clearwater County has 5 gold mines in MSHA records: 0 not abandoned and 5 abandoned. USGS lists 51 more historic producers.

Abandoned gold mine records in Clearwater County

5 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 5 abandoned records
NameTypeStatus sinceNearest townLandUSGS record
Bond MineundergroundAug 9, 2012PiercePrivate land or land not mapped as publicProducer, small output
JuleundergroundDec 18, 1989n/an/an/a
Lolo PlacersurfaceMar 28, 1986n/an/an/a
Oro-Fino Placer IncorporatedsurfaceSep 28, 1984n/an/an/a
Orofino Creek MinesurfaceAug 21, 1991n/an/an/a

Historic gold producers in Clearwater County (USGS)

USGS records 51 historic gold producers in Clearwater County: 49 past producers and 2 listed as producers or plants. For 43 of them USGS gives an output size (43 small).

Show the 51 sites
SiteUSGS statusOutputCommoditiesYears
Bull Moose PlacerProducersmallGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Aluminumn/a
North Fork, Clearwater RiverProducersmallGold, Platinumn/a
Ables PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Armstrong Gulch PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Bole Property MinePast producersmallGoldn/a
Bond MinePast producersmallGoldn/a
Canal Gulch Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldfound 1860
Chamberlain Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Clearwater Gulch PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Clearwater River Placers N. Fk.Past producersmallGoldn/a
Cow Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Crystal Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Dead Wood Creek PlacerPast producersmallGold, Lead, Silvern/a
Dutchman Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Elk Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
French Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Gold Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Hidden Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Independence Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Irish Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Jericho MinePast producersmallGoldfound 1899
Little Beaver Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Lolo Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Long Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Meadow Creek PlacerPast producersmallGold, Nickel, Copper, Cobaltn/a
Meadows Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Moose Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Musselshell Creek PlacerPast producersmallGold, REE, Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Garnetn/a
Musselshell PlacerPast producersmallGold, REE, Thoriumn/a
Orofino Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldfound 1857
Osier Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Ozark MinePast producersmallGoldn/a
Pioneer MinePast producersmallGoldn/a
Poorman's Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Quartz Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Reeds Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Rhodes Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Ruby Creek MinePast producersmallGold, Zinc, Lead, Coppern/a
Shanghai Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Slide Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Snake Creek PlacerPast producersmallGold, Kyanite, Garnetn/a
Upper Osier Creek PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Wild Rose MinePast producersmallGoldn/a
American PlacerPast producern/aGold, Silvern/a
DeweyPast producern/aGold, Silvern/a
Lolo PlacerPast producern/aGoldn/a
Moscor Bar PlacerPast producern/aGoldn/a
Oro-Fino PlacerPast producern/aGoldn/a
Sailor Gulch PatentPast producern/aGoldn/a
Santiago GroupPast producern/aGold, Silvern/a
Woodchuck PlacerPast producern/aGold, Silvern/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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