Abandoned gold mine records in Union County
1 record marked abandoned by MSHA. They are listed for reference only. Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.
Show the 1 abandoned records
| Name | Type | Status since | Nearest town | Land | USGS record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howie | underground | Sep 12, 1986 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Historic gold producers in Union County (USGS)
USGS records 51 historic gold producers in Union County: 40 past producers and 11 listed as producers or plants. For 32 of them USGS gives an output size (14 medium, 18 small). Production years are recorded for 13 sites, from 1800 to 1935. The most common deposit type is low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (19 sites).
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| Site | USGS status | Output | Commodities | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crump Mine | Producer | medium | Gold, Copper | from 1890 |
| Black Mine | Producer | medium | Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite | from 1896 |
| Henry Phifer Mine | Producer | medium | Gold | found 1888 |
| Stewart Mine | Producer | medium | Gold, Silver, Iron, Lead | n/a |
| Lewis Mine | Past producer | medium | Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc | from 1860 |
| Davis Mine | Past producer | medium | Gold, Lead | from 1861 |
| Folger Hill | Past producer | medium | Gold, Silver, Zinc | from 1861 |
| Mint Hill | Past producer | medium | Gold, Zinc, Lead | from 1861 |
| Phifer Mine | Past producer | medium | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper | from 1885 |
| Moore Mine-Blue Shaft | Past producer | medium | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead | from 1890 |
| Moore Mine-Wentz Shaft | Past producer | medium | Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver | from 1890 |
| East Hill Mine | Past producer | medium | Gold | n/a |
| Moore Hill Mine | Past producer | medium | Gold, Lead, Silver | found 1860 |
| Smart Mine | Past producer | medium | Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc | to 1911 |
| Brown Hill Mine | Producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Butterfield Mine | Producer | small | Gold, Copper | n/a |
| Fox Hill Mine | Producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Hemby Mine | Producer | small | Gold, Silver | n/a |
| Lemmonds Mine | Producer | small | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic | n/a |
| New South Mine | Producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Secrest Mine | Producer | small | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | found 1896 |
| Nesbitt Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | 1800 to 1875 |
| Howie Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | 1841 to 1935 |
| Brightlight Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver, Lead, Iron, Sulfur, Copper | from 1882 |
| Ore Hill Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper | from 1891 |
| Crump/Butterfield Au-Cu Mines | Past producer | small | Gold, Copper | n/a |
| Davis Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Grady Rogers Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Lead, Copper | n/a |
| Long Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead | n/a |
| Unnamed Gold Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Unnamed Gold Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Unnamed Gold Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Black Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Blue Shaft | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Brightlight Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Silver | n/a |
| Brown Hill Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Crump Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Davis Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| East Hill Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Folger Hill Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Henry Phifer Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Howie Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Lewis Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Mint Hill Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Moore Hill Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Ore Hill Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Phifer Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Secrest Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Smart Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Stewart Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Wentz Shaft | 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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