Historic gold producers in Gaston County (USGS)
USGS records 18 historic gold producers in Gaston County: 16 past producers and 2 listed as producers or plants. For 18 of them USGS gives an output size (2 medium, 16 small). Production years are recorded for 7 sites, from 1850 to 1892. The most common deposit type is low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (11 sites).
Show the 18 sites
| Site | USGS status | Output | Commodities | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mclean Deposit | Past producer | medium | Gold | from 1850 |
| Rhodes Mine | Past producer | medium | Gold, Lead | from 1850 |
| Unnamed Gold Mine | Producer | small | Gold | found 1977 |
| Unnamed Gold Mine and Placer | Producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Burrell Mine and Placer | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1850 |
| Derr Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1850 |
| Duffie Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver, Copper | from 1850 |
| Rhyne Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1850 |
| Robinson Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1850 |
| Crowder's Mountain Mine | Past producer | small | Copper, Gold, Silver | found 1850 |
| Farrar Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | found 1850 |
| Gastonia Area-A | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver, Copper | n/a |
| Long Creek Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Bismuth, Arsenic | to 1892 |
| Oliver Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Lead, Copper | found 1777 |
| Patterson Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Copper, Silver | found 1900 |
| Unnamed Gold Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | found 1850 |
| Unnamed Gold Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | found 1850 |
| Unnamed Gold Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | found 1850 |
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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