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Historic gold producers in Curry County (USGS)

USGS records 87 historic gold producers in Curry County: 70 past producers and 17 listed as producers or plants. For 31 of them USGS gives an output size (31 small). The most common deposit type is placer Au-PGE (11 sites).

Show the 87 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Big Ben	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Arsenic	n/a
Bonanza	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bonanza Basin - Boulder Creek Placers	Producer	small	Gold, Chromium	n/a
Combination	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Copper City Prospects	Producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Arsenic	n/a
Corbin	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium	n/a
Divelbiss #2	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Chromium, Mercury	n/a
Elk River Placers	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Chromium	n/a
Emlly Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Golden Dream	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Kalamazoo Beach Placer	Producer	small	Chromium, Gold	n/a
Mule Creek Area Placers	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Peck Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic	n/a
Robert E. Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver, Arsenic	found 1950
Sixes River Placers	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Chromium, Mercury, Iridium	n/a
Upper Chetco Area Placers	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Big Sunshine	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Cape Blanco	Past producer	small	Osmium, Platinum, Gold, Chromium	n/a
Collins	Past producer	small	Gold, Chromium, Titanium, Metal, Platinum	n/a
Frazier	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Arsenic	n/a
Hustis	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Keystone	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Madden	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum	found 1871
Marigold	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Meek's Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Chromium, Osmium, Iridium	n/a
Melanterite Tunnel	Past producer	small	Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver	n/a
Mule Mtn.	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Copper	n/a
Parker Electromagnetic Machine Project	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Chromium	n/a
Sixes Beach Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Stevens Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Stumble Claim	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Arsenic	n/a
Young Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Copper City Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Nickel, Iron, Copper, Cobalt	from 1908
Bonanza Basin-Boulder Creek Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bonanza Placer Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Boulder Creek Mining Co Star Mining	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cape Blanco Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum, Osmium	n/a
Collier Creek Copper Co	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Collins Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Corbin Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium	n/a
Crystal Creek	Past producer	n/a	Chromium, Platinum, Gold	n/a
Elk River Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold, PGE, Chromium	n/a
Emlly Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Empire Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Bar	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Gold Bar Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Gold Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Dream Placers	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold	n/a
Golden Eagle	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Mercury	n/a
Guerin Claim	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Chromium	n/a
Half Moon Bar	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Half Moon Bar	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hustis Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Inman Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Kalamazoo Beach Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Chromium	n/a
Madden Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Mammoth	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Mammoth Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Marigold Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Mccormick Mining & Mineral Co	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Meeks Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Osmium, Iridium	n/a
Mindoro Proj.	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Platinum, Nickel, Cobalt, Copper, Silver, Chromium	n/a
Mule Mountain Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Myrtle Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
New Discovery	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Paradise	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Parker Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Parker Placer Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Paul Junior Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Peck Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic	n/a
Pine Flat	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Pioneer Mine	Past producer	n/a	Chromium, Gold, PGE	n/a
Red River Gold Mining & Milling Co	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rusty Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Sixes Beach Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Sixes River Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Iridium, PGE, Mercury, Chromium	n/a
Slide Creek Bar	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Smedberg Beach Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Smith and Robinson Claims	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Starr	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Stephens and Stear Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Sunrise Gold Mining Co	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Upper Chetco Area Placrs	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Wagner Claims	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Way Claims	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Young 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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