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Historic gold producers in Guilford County (USGS)

USGS records 21 historic gold producers in Guilford County: 21 past producers and 0 listed as producers or plants. For 11 of them USGS gives an output size (1 medium, 10 small). Production years are recorded for 8 sites, from 1853 to 1935. The most common deposit type is low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (12 sites).

Show the 21 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Gardner Hill Mine	Past producer	medium	Gold, Copper	1857 to 1865
Fentress Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	1853 to 1935
Jacks Hill Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	1855 to 1880
Fisher Hill Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	from 1856
Millis Hill Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	from 1856
Pucket Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold	from 1856
Lindsay Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	from 1857
Deep River Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold	1895 to 1905
Hodges Hill Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	to 1856
North State Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold	to 1885
Pine Hill Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Beard Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	found 1856
Beard Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Deep River Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Fentress Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Fisher Hill Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Gardner Hill Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Hodges	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Jacks Hill Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Lindsay Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
North State Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	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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