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Historic gold producers in Randolph County (USGS)

USGS records 47 historic gold producers in Randolph County: 43 past producers and 4 listed as producers or plants. For 19 of them USGS gives an output size (1 medium, 18 small). Production years are recorded for 10 sites, from 1848 to 1923. The most common deposit type is hot-spring Au-Ag (6 sites).

Show the 47 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Jones-Keystone Mine	Producer	medium	Gold, Copper	from 1852
New Sawyer Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	from 1902
Copple, Spencer and Ruth Gold Placer #1 River	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Copple, Spencer and Ruth Gold Placer #2	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Sawyer Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	1850 to 1906
Uharie Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1857
Allred Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	1862 to 1923
Scarlett Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead	1882 to 1915
Asheboro and Jones Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1894
Southern Homestake Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	1904
Mcgrew Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1925
Colburn Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Gold Bowl Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Laughlin Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Newberry Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Parish Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Redding Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	found 1906
Rush Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Spoon Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hoover Hill Mine	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead	1848 to 1895
Allred Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Branson Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dowd Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gluyas Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gluyas Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gray Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	found 1861
Gray Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Griffin Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hoover Hill Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jones-Keystone Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Kindley Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lowdermilk Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mcallister Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold	found 1860
Merrill Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
New Sawyer Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Newby Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Parish Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pierce Mountain Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pritchard Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pritchard Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Redding Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sawyer Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Scarlett Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Southern Homestake Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Spoon Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Stafford Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Uharie 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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