Gold mines in Sanders County, Montana

Sanders County has 2 gold mines in MSHA records: 0 not abandoned and 2 abandoned. USGS lists 49 more historic producers.

Abandoned gold mine records in Sanders County

2 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 2 abandoned records
NameTypeStatus sinceNearest townLandUSGS record
Beaver Creek PitsurfaceAug 18, 1982n/an/an/a
Plainsman MineundergroundJun 24, 1988n/an/an/a

Historic gold producers in Sanders County (USGS)

USGS records 49 historic gold producers in Sanders County: 43 past producers and 6 listed as producers or plants. For 24 of them USGS gives an output size (24 small). Production years are recorded for 8 sites, from 1890 to 1949.

Show the 49 sites
SiteUSGS statusOutputCommoditiesYears
Prospect Creek PlacerProducersmallGold1914
Antimony MinesProducersmallAntimony, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, Arsenicfound 1884
Golden Roc MinesProducersmallGold, Silver, Lead, Coppern/a
Montro Gold MinesProducersmallLead, Silver, Gold, Coppern/a
Copper King MinePast producersmallCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Bismuthfrom 1890
Shamrock MinePast producersmallGold, Silver, Leadfrom 1908
Drake MinePast producersmallGold, Silver, Copper, Platinum, Palladium, Lead, Nickel, Chromium, Cobalt1910 to 1949
Letterman MinePast producersmallGold, Lead, Silver, Copper1911 to 1940
Montana Standard MinePast producersmallSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Goldfrom 1939
Ajax PlacerPast producersmallGoldfound 1900
Blue Ox MinePast producersmallCopper, Gold, Silver, Palladium, Platinumn/a
Bonanaza Gold Inc. MinePast producersmallGoldn/a
Clark Fork Placer MinePast producersmallGoldn/a
Exchange MinePast producersmallCopper, Gold, Silvern/a
Glaucus MinePast producersmallSilver, Copper, Lead, Goldn/a
Granite Creek Placer MinePast producersmallGoldn/a
Iron Daisy MinePast producersmallLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Arsenic, Zincfound 1890
Lucky Luke MinePast producersmallCopper, Gold, Silver, Leadfound 1905
Lucky Strike MinePast producersmallGold, Silver, Copper, Platinum, Palladiumn/a
Raven MinePast producersmallCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Bismuthfound 1880
RazorbackPast producersmallGold, Silvern/a
Russell Placer ClaimPast producersmallGoldn/a
Silver King MinePast producersmallSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Bismuth, Antimonyn/a
Trout Creek Placer MinePast producersmallGoldn/a
Heidelberg MineProducern/aSilver, Goldfrom 1936
EagleProducern/aGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zincn/a
Ambassador MinePast producern/aLead, Copper, Gold, Silverfrom 1939
Blue Creek MinePast producern/aLead, Zinc, Silver, Goldn/a
Blue OxPast producern/aGold, Silver, Coppern/a
Copper KingPast producern/aCopper, Silver, Goldn/a
Copper RidgePast producern/aGoldn/a
Coyote MinePast producern/aCopper, Goldn/a
Glaucus GroupPast producern/aLead, Copper, Gold, Silvern/a
Golden Roc MinesPast producern/aGold, Copper, Lead, Silvern/a
Gopher Hole MinePast producern/aGold, Lead, Silver, Zincn/a
Green Mountain MinePast producern/aGold, Copper, Platinumn/a
Jack Waite MinePast producern/aGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zincn/a
Lucky LukePast producern/aGold, Copper, Silvern/a
Lucky Strike MinePast producern/aCopper, Goldn/a
MoniaPast producern/aCopper, Silver, Goldn/a
Montana Standard MinePast producern/aZinc, Silver, Lead, Goldn/a
Montro Gold MinesPast producern/aLead, Copper, Gold, Silvern/a
New Deal MinePast producern/aGold, Copper, Silvern/a
RazorbackPast producern/aGold, Silvern/a
Shamrock MinePast producern/aGold, Silver, Leadn/a
Shoestring 1 & 2Past producern/aGold, Copper, Lead, Silvern/a
Trout Creek PlacerPast producern/aGoldn/a
Vermillion Creek PlacerPast producern/aGoldn/a
Walnut-Carl E. PlacerPast producern/aGoldn/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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