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Historic gold producers in Moore County (USGS)

USGS records 33 historic gold producers in Moore County: 33 past producers and 0 listed as producers or plants. For 15 of them USGS gives an output size (15 small). Production years are recorded for 8 sites, from 1830 to 1916. The most common deposit type is epithermal quartz-alunite Au (7 sites).

Show the 33 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Burns Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	1830 to 1916
Richardson Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	1860 to 1906
Jenkins Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	1866 to 1890
Belle Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	1888 to 1894
Ritter Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1891
Allen Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Brown Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	to 1905
Cagle Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	to 1906
Clegg-Wright Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cotton Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Grampus Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Kendale Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Monroe Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	to 1900
Red Hill Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	to 1900
Sewell Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Allen Gold Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Belle Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Brown Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Burns Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cagle Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
California Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Clegg Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cotton Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dry Hollow Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jenkins Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Monroe Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Red Hill Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Richards Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Richardson Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ritter Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sewell Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Shields Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Wright Mine	Past producer	n/a	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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