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Historic gold producers in Buckingham County (USGS)

USGS records 44 historic gold producers in Buckingham County: 44 past producers and 0 listed as producers or plants. For 24 of them USGS gives an output size (24 small). Production years are recorded for 22 sites, from 1775 to 1858. The most common deposit type is low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (19 sites).

Show the 44 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Johnson Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver	from 1775
Anderson Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1830
Flood Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1835
Ford Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	from 1835
Morrow Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite, Tellurium	from 1835
Bondurant Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite	from 1836
Turpin Creek Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron	from 1836
Buckingham Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite	1853 to 1858
London and Virginia Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite	from 1853
Seay Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite	from 1855
Apperson Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1860
Greeley Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1861
Lightfoot Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	from 1861
Morton Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1861
Rough and Ready Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite	from 1861
Gilliam Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite	from 1865
Willis Creek Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1865
Burnett Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite	from 1881
Philadelphia Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1881
Anaconda Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite	from 1900
Williams Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite	from 1900
McKenna Mine	Past producer	small	Iron, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite, Gold, Silver	from 1906
Copal Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Margaret Mine	Past producer	small	Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver	found 1770
Anaconda Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Anderson Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Apperson Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bondurant Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Flood Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ford Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Gilliam Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Greeley Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hobson Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hudgins Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Johnson Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lightfoot Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
London and Virginia Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Morrow Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
New Canton Mines	Past producer	n/a	Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Rough and Ready Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Seay Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Staplesmine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Williams Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Wiseman 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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