Gold Mines in Jackson County, OR: 12 Abandoned + 357 Historic

Abandoned gold mine records in Jackson County

12 records 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 12 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
Arnold Mine & Mill	underground	Jun 28, 1979	n/a	n/a	n/a
Diamond Rogue	surface	Aug 8, 1988	n/a	n/a	n/a
Diamond Rogue Plant	processing facility	Aug 8, 1988	n/a	n/a	n/a
Double Jack Mine	surface	Jul 31, 1978	n/a	n/a	n/a
Good Friday Mine	surface	Dec 9, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Jackpot Lode	underground	Apr 17, 1980	n/a	n/a	n/a
Macwood	surface	Apr 2, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
NV Grave Creek #1	surface	Nov 3, 2014	Grants Pass	Private land or land not mapped as public	n/a
Oregon Belle Mine	underground	Oct 2, 2015	Jacksonville	Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management	Past producer
Pair A Dice	surface	Jun 12, 2023	Jacksonville	Private land or land not mapped as public	Occurrence
Pair-A-Dice	processing facility	Jun 2, 2020	Jacksonville	n/a	n/a
Steamboat Mine	underground	Sep 17, 2001	n/a	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in Jackson County (USGS)

USGS records 357 historic gold producers in Jackson County: 298 past producers and 59 listed as producers or plants. For 80 of them USGS gives an output size (5 medium, 75 small).

Show the 300 biggest of 357 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Braden Mine	Producer	medium	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Arsenic	n/a
Foots Creek Placers	Producer	medium	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Hill Mine	Past producer	medium	Gold, Platinum, Molybdenum	found 1857
Sterling Mine	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Upper Applegate Placers	Past producer	medium	Gold	n/a
Black's Placer	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Carbonate	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cascade View Prospect	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Corporal G	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Double H	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Dunromin	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Eagle	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Galls Creek Placers	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Chloride	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Hill Placer	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Note	Producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Gold Plate	Producer	small	Silver, Gold	n/a
Gold Ridge	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Golden Road	Producer	small	Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver	n/a
Growler	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Hope Mining Claim	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Kane Creek Placers	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lance Placer	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Last Resort	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Layton Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little Applegate Placers	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Little Arctic	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Arsenic	n/a
Lone Eagle Prospect	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Mansfield	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mc Lemore & Hampson's	Producer	small	Gold, Lead, Silver, Manganese	n/a
Mc Timmons Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mt. Pitt View	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Neathamer	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Norling Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Oregon Belle Mine	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Palmer Creek Placers	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ray Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Reed	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Sardine Creek Placers	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Sylvanite Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten	n/a
Town Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Van Curler	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ward Creek Placers	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Whitney	Producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Ashland Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	from 1901
Al Sarena	Past producer	small	Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic, Zinc	found 1897
Alice Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Manganese	n/a
Barron Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic, Zinc	found 1883
Bell and Mankins Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Big Buck Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Manganese	n/a
Big Chief Property	Past producer	small	Gold, Manganese	n/a
Blossom	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Blue Jay Prospect	Past producer	small	Antimony, Gold, Arsenic	n/a
Bowden	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Buckskin	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bull of the Woods Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cloudy Day Quartz Claim	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Edwards & Garrison	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
El Sonora	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Forest Creek Placers	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Forty - Nine Diggings	Past producer	small	Gold, Mercury	n/a
Humbug Creek Placers	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Jackson Exchequer Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lucky Friday	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1916
Moses & Collins Claims	Past producer	small	Gold, Manganese	n/a
None Such	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Queen Anne Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ramsey Lake	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Red Bean Claim Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Reeder	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Roosevelt Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Mercury	n/a
Skyline	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Smuggler Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Sterling Gold Quartz Mining Co.	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Swacker Flat	Past producer	small	Gold, Arsenic	n/a
Thompson Creek Placers	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Warner	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic, Zinc	n/a
White Horse Mining Co.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Williams	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Williams Dredge	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ashland	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ashland Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Braden	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Braden	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Buckskin Curry Pocket, May Belle	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bull -Of-The-Woods	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Burdic Group Ruth, Little Pittsburgh, Growler	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Calumet	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lucky Bart	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Mt Pitt View	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Norling	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Opp	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Tellurium	n/a
Oregon Belle	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Shorty Hope	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Steamboat	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sylvanite	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Town	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Prospect	Plant	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ace of Hearts	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Ace of Hearts	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Afterthought	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Al Sarena	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Zinc, Silver	n/a
Alice Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Manganese	n/a
Andes & Howard	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Andes and Howard Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Applegate Dam	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction	n/a
Applegate Dam	Past producer	n/a	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Gold	n/a
Ashland Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Bailey Gold Pocket	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bailey Gold Pocket	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Barron Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Antimony, Arsenic, Copper	n/a
Bee Tree	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bell and Mankins Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bertha Claim	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Betty	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Betty	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Big Buck Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Manganese, Lead, Copper	n/a
Bill Nye Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bishop & Sturtevant Dredge	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bishop and Sturtevant Dredge	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Black's Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Blossom Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Diatomite	n/a
Blow Snake	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Blow Snake	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Blue Bell	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Blue Bell	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Blue Eagle Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Blue Jay Antimony	Past producer	n/a	Antimony, Gold, Silver	n/a
Bolling & Koster	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bolling and Koster Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bowden Claim	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Braden Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Arsenic	n/a
Branter	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Branter Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Broken Heart	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Broken Heart	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Buckskin Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bull Frog Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bull of the Woods	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bull Run	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bullfrog Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Burdick Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Manganese	n/a
Burnt Pine 1-2-3	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Burnt Pine 1-2-3	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Calumet	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Carbonate Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cascade View Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Christine-Dobbins Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Collins	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cook Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cook Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Copeland Creek Quarry	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Corporal G Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Davies Placer	Past producer	n/a	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold	n/a
Davis Ledge Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Double H	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Double Jack	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead	found 1870
Duncan and Williams Washing Plant	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dunromin Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Eagle Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Edwards & Garrison Claim	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
El Senora Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Evergreen	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Evergreen	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Fakir	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Fakir	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Federal	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Federal Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
First Hope	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Manganese	n/a
First Hope	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Manganese	n/a
Fleming	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Fleming Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Foots Creek Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Forest Creek Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Forest Lane	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Forset Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Forty-Nine Diggings	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Mercury	n/a
Foster Creek Site	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Four Spot	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Four Spot	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Free Gold	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Galls Creek Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Glen Ditch Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Bug	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Chloride Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Hill Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Hill Pocket	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Molybdenum, PGE	n/a
Gold Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Note	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Gold Pan	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Pan Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Plate	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Golden Butte	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Road	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Golden Star	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Sunset	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Thistle	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Golden Thistle	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gordon Gold Recovery Plant	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Grange Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Grange Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Great I Am	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Great I Am Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Green's Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Growler Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Grubstake	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Molybdenum, Gold	n/a
H P Antimony	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Antimony	n/a
Hamilton-Taylor Ranch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hamilton-Taylor Ranch Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Harth and Ryan Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hazel Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hazel Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Head's Washer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hematite	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Hidden Treasure	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	n/a
Hollow Tree	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Hollow Tree	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Hope Mining Claim	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Humbug Creek Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Iron Crown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Iron Crown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Iron Mountain Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Iron Mountain Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Irwin Molybdenum Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Molybdenum, Gold, Bismuth	n/a
Jackson Mining Company	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jacksonville Mining & Milling	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jacksonville Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jacksonville Placer 5	Past producer	n/a	Gold	found 1851
Jim Dandy	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jim Dandy	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Johnson Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Junction Claims	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Kane Creek Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Kate-El	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Kubli	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Kubli	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lance Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Last Chance Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Last Chance Group Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Last Resort	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Layton Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lenhert Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lenhert Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Little Applegate Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Little Arctic Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Arsenic, Silver	n/a
Little Moon	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lone Eagle Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Lone Star Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lookover	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lost	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lost	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lucky Bart Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper	n/a
Lucky Boy	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lucky King	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lucky King	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Magerle Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mankins Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mansfield Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mccauley Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
McKee Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mctimmons Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mee Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mee Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Merrick Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Miller	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Millionaire Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Manganese, Lead, Copper	n/a
Mountain Queen	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Neathamer Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
None Such Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Norling Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
North Pole	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
North Pole	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Offenbacher Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Offenbacker	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Old Faithful Mining Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Old Fort Lane	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Opp Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tellurium, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Oregon Placer Mines, Inc.	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Orth Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Owl Hollow Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Palmer Creek Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pearce Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pleasant Creek Mining Corp.	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pleasant Creek Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Porcupine Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Porcupine Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Producer	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Red Bell	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Red Bell	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Red Circle	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Red Circle	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Red Gold	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Reed Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Revenue Pocket	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	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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