Historic gold producers in Goochland County (USGS)
USGS records 50 historic gold producers in Goochland County: 48 past producers and 2 listed as producers or plants. For 28 of them USGS gives an output size (28 small). The most common deposit type is low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (24 sites).
Show the 50 sites
| Site | USGS status | Output | Commodities | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Busby Mine | Producer | small | Gold | from 1830 |
| Shannon Hill Property Mine | Producer | small | Gold | from 1861 |
| Collins Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1830 |
| Marks, Lancelot, Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1830 |
| Waller Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite | from 1831 |
| Belzoro Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite | from 1832 |
| Fleming Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1835 |
| Pryor Tract Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1835 |
| Moss Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Vanadium, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Tellurium | from 1836 |
| Fisher Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1860 |
| Atmore Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1861 |
| Bertha and Edith Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite | from 1861 |
| Big Bird Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1861 |
| Bowles Mine Tellurium Vein Sys. | Past producer | small | Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite | from 1861 |
| Duke Property Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1861 |
| Grannison Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1861 |
| Morgan Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite | from 1861 |
| Payne Tract Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1861 |
| Thompson, John, Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite | from 1861 |
| Benton Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1865 |
| Eades Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1865 |
| Massachusetts Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1865 |
| Toler Property Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1869 |
| Young American Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Copper, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite, Tellurium, Bismuth | from 1869 |
| Laury Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1885 |
| Ruth Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1935 |
| Dillard Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Kent Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Admore Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Belzoro Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Benton Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Bertha and Edith Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Big Bird Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Bowles Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Busbee Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Collins Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Eades Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Fisher Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Flemming Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Grannison Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Kent Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Lancelot Marks Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Laury Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Morgan Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Moss Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Copper | n/a |
| Payne Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Pryor Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Shannon Hill Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Waller Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Young American 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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