Abandoned gold mine records in Davidson County
1 record 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.
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| Name | Type | Status since | Nearest town | Land | USGS record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conrad Hill Mine | processing facility | Jan 10, 1991 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Historic gold producers in Davidson County (USGS)
USGS records 21 historic gold producers in Davidson County: 19 past producers and 2 listed as producers or plants. For 12 of them USGS gives an output size (4 medium, 8 small). Production years are recorded for 13 sites, from 1830 to 1938. The most common deposit type is massive sulfide, kuroko (6 sites).
Show the 21 sites
| Site | USGS status | Output | Commodities | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conrad Hill Mine | Producer | medium | Gold, Copper, Silver | from 1831 |
| Silver Hill Mine | Past producer | medium | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | 1838 to 1938 |
| Ward Mine | Past producer | medium | Gold, Copper, Silver | 1850 to 1905 |
| Emmons Mine | Past producer | medium | Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | 1861 to 1904 |
| Welborn Mine | Producer | small | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold | from 1832 |
| Baltimore Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Lead, Copper | from 1830 |
| Miller Shaft | Past producer | small | Gold, Copper, Zinc | from 1880 |
| Nooe Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper | from 1880 |
| Silver Valley Mine | Past producer | small | Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Copper | 1881 to 1893 |
| Cid Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | 1882 to 1903 |
| Peters Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Copper | to 1904 |
| Silver Hill Mine | Past producer | small | Silver, Lead, Gold | n/a |
| Cross Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Copper | 1860 to 1904 |
| Ida Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | from 1878 |
| Sechrist Prospect | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Arsenic, Lead | from 1910 |
| Cid Mine | Past producer | n/a | Copper, Gold | n/a |
| Conrad Hill Mine | Past producer | n/a | Copper, Gold | n/a |
| Emmons Mine | Past producer | n/a | Copper, Gold, Zinc | n/a |
| Sechrist Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Silver Hill Mine | Past producer | n/a | Lead, Gold, Silver | n/a |
| Silver Valley Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | 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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