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Historic gold producers in Rowan County (USGS)

USGS records 23 historic gold producers in Rowan County: 12 past producers and 11 listed as producers or plants. For 12 of them USGS gives an output size (1 large, 7 medium, 4 small). Production years are recorded for 5 sites, from 1842 to 1915. The most common deposit type is low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (9 sites).

Show the 23 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Randolph Shaft	Producer	large	Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc	1842 to 1915
Honeycutt Shaft	Producer	medium	Gold, Copper	from 1842
Barnhardt Shaft	Producer	medium	Gold, Copper	from 1854
Miller Shaft	Producer	medium	Gold, Copper	from 1854
Union Copper Mine	Producer	medium	Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite	1899 to 1906
Beaver Gold Mine	Producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Dutch Creek Mine	Producer	medium	Gold, Copper	found 1895
Meyer Shaft	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Bat Shaft	Producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Gold Knob Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Copper	found 1895
Old Field Diggings	Producer	small	Gold	found 1842
Southern Copper Company Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Barnhardt Shaft	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bat Shaft	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dutch Creek Mines	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Hill Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Knob Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Honeycutt Shaft	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Miller Shaft	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Old Field Diggings	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Randolph Shaft	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Southern Copper and Gold Mining	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Union Copper Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc	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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