Gold mines in Malheur County, Oregon

Malheur County has 9 gold mines in MSHA records: 0 not abandoned and 9 abandoned. USGS lists 60 more historic producers.

Abandoned gold mine records in Malheur County

9 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 9 abandoned records
NameTypeStatus sinceNearest townLandUSGS record
Basin ResourcessurfaceAug 19, 1982n/an/an/a
Brogan MinesurfaceAug 19, 1982n/an/an/a
Dooley MinesurfaceJun 5, 2008Malheur CityPrivate land or land not mapped as publicPast producer
Gpm-1surfaceMar 1, 2013ValePrivate land or land not mapped as publicn/a
Small gold operation (MSHA 3503766)surfaceOct 4, 2011baker cityn/an/a
Mineral Valley MinesurfaceJun 25, 2013HuntingtonPrivate land or land not mapped as publicPast producer
Mormon BasinsurfaceMar 14, 1984n/an/an/a
Three Valleys Mine #1surfaceJun 25, 2013HuntingtonPrivate land or land not mapped as publicn/a
Wright GoldundergroundJul 21, 2010John DayPrivate land or land not mapped as publicn/a

Historic gold producers in Malheur County (USGS)

USGS records 60 historic gold producers in Malheur County: 55 past producers and 5 listed as producers or plants. For 12 of them USGS gives an output size (1 medium, 11 small). The most common deposit type is placer Au-PGE (20 sites).

Show the 60 sites
SiteUSGS statusOutputCommoditiesYears
Basin Creek SiteProducermediumGoldn/a
Boulder Placer ClaimProducersmallGoldn/a
CoyoteProducersmallAntimony, Goldn/a
Mormon Basin PlacerProducersmallGoldfound 1870
Black EaglePast producersmallGoldn/a
Golden EaglePast producersmallGoldfound 1880
Humboldt MinePast producersmallGold, Arsenic, Lead, Zincn/a
Malheur City PlacersPast producersmallGoldn/a
Malhuer-Willow CreekPast producersmallGoldn/a
Mammoth GroupPast producersmallGoldn/a
Red, White and BluePast producersmallGoldn/a
Sunday HillPast producersmallGold, Arsenic, Lead, Zincn/a
Grassy Mountain MinePlantn/aGold, Silverfound 1986
Amelia Placer AreaPast producern/aGoldn/a
Amelia Placer AreaPast producern/aGoldn/a
BannockPast producern/aGoldn/a
Basin Creek SitePast producern/aGoldn/a
Big RedPast producern/aGoldn/a
Birch CreekPast producern/aGold, Silvern/a
Buck Mountain-SouthPast producern/aGoldn/a
Colt PlacerPast producern/aGoldn/a
Colt Placer PropertyPast producern/aGoldn/a
Deer ButtePast producern/aGoldn/a
Duncan SitePast producern/aGoldn/a
Eldorado Placer AreaPast producern/aGoldn/a
Eldorado Placer AreaPast producern/aGoldn/a
Gold MinePast producern/aGoldn/a
Gold MinePast producern/aGoldn/a
Gold MinePast producern/aGoldn/a
Gold MinePast producern/aGoldn/a
Gold MinePast producern/aGoldn/a
Gold MinePast producern/aGoldn/a
Gold MinePast producern/aGoldn/a
Gold MinePast producern/aGoldn/a
Gold MinePast producern/aGoldn/a
Golden Eagle MinePast producern/aGoldn/a
Goldfinger SitePast producern/aGoldn/a
Harper BasinPast producern/aGoldn/a
Humboldt MinePast producern/aGold, Zinc, Lead, Arsenicn/a
KrbPast producern/aGoldn/a
Lucky GPast producern/aGoldn/a
Malheur City PlacersPast producern/aGoldn/a
Mammoth GroupPast producern/aGoldn/a
Mammoth GroupPast producern/aGoldn/a
Mormon Basin PlacersPast producern/aGoldn/a
NoahPast producern/aGoldn/a
NoahPast producern/aGold, Silvern/a
Quartz Mtn BasinPast producern/aGoldn/a
Sagebrush GulchPast producern/aGoldn/a
Sand HollowPast producern/aGoldn/a
Shell Rock ButtePast producern/aGold, Silvern/a
Silver ClaimsPast producern/aGoldn/a
South Star ClaimsPast producern/aGold, Silvern/a
Stockade MountainPast producern/aGoldn/a
Stockade ProjectPast producern/aGoldn/a
Sunday Hill MinePast producern/aGold, Zinc, Lead, Arsenicn/a
VetaPast producern/aGoldn/a
Veta Gold MinePast producern/aGoldn/a
WirthPast producern/aGoldn/a
WirthPast producern/aGold, Silvern/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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