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Historic gold producers in Mecklenburg County (USGS)

USGS records 65 historic gold producers in Mecklenburg County: 65 past producers and 0 listed as producers or plants. For 57 of them USGS gives an output size (2 medium, 55 small). Production years are recorded for 5 sites, from 1826 to 1908. The most common deposit type is low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (52 sites).

Show the 65 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
St. Catherine Mine	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver	1826 to 1908
Rudisil Mine	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver, Copper	1830 to 1908
Ray Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold	from 1890
A. J. Wilson Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1895
Alexander Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	found 1850
Arlington Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1880
Beaver Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1850
Black Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1850
Bradford and Ellington Mines	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1850
Brawley Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1850
Capps Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	found 1840
Cathey Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	found 1850
Chapman Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	found 1850
Clark Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	found 1850
Davidson Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1850
Dunn Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	found 1800
Ferguson Hill Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1850
Ferris Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	found 1850
G.C. Cathey Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	found 1850
Gibson Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1850
Henderson Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Iron, Sulfur, Quartz	found 1850
Hopewell Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	to 1885
Howell Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1850
Hunter Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1850
Isenhour Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1850
John P. Hunter Mine, Elwood Vein	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1850
Mccorkle Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1850
Mcdonald Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1850
Mcginn Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	found 1840
Means Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	found 1850
Neal Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1850
Parks Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Quartz	found 1850
Point Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1850
Poplin Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1850
Shaffer Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1850
Simpson Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	found 1850
Sloan Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	found 1850
Smith and Palmer Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	found 1850
Stephen Wilson Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	found 1850
Taylor Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1850
Todd Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1886
Tredinick Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	found 1850
Trotter 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
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
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
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
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
Unnamed Gold Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1850
Cathey Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
John P. Hunter Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	found 1850
Kearns Copper Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Mcleary Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Ray Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Surface Hill Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Tom Ferris Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	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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