Abandoned gold mine records in Louisa County
1 record 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 1 abandoned records
| Name | Type | Status since | Nearest town | Land | USGS record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Mineral Placer Mine | surface | Jun 30, 2013 | Mineral | n/a | n/a |
Historic gold producers in Louisa County (USGS)
USGS records 42 historic gold producers in Louisa County: 42 past producers and 0 listed as producers or plants. For 22 of them USGS gives an output size (22 small). Production years are recorded for 15 sites, from 1830 to 1916. The most common deposit type is low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (20 sites).
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| Site | USGS status | Output | Commodities | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tinder Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Antimony | from 1830 |
| Boxley's Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1835 |
| Jenkins Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1835 |
| Morriston Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1844 |
| Walnut Grove Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1845 |
| Louisa Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1847 |
| Slate Hill Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1849 |
| Harris Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1850 |
| Thomasson's Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1861 |
| Luce Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1865 |
| Hemmer Mine | Past producer | small | Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Iron, Pig Iron, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc | from 1882 |
| Chick Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1906 |
| Allah Cooper Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite | 1907 to 1916 |
| Twin Vein Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver | from 1921 |
| Josh Gold Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite | from 1930 |
| Cooper Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper | to 1903 |
| Lett Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite | n/a |
| Macdonald Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite | n/a |
| Proffit Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Ricswan Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Stockton Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Zinc, Lead | n/a |
| Walton Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Zinc, Antimony, Lead | n/a |
| Allah Cooper Mine | Past producer | n/a | Silver, Sulfur, Zinc, Gold, Lead | n/a |
| Belden Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Bibb Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Chick Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Cooper Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| East Sulpher Mine | Past producer | n/a | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Sulfur, Zinc | n/a |
| Harris Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Lett Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Sulfur | n/a |
| Lousia Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Luce Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Macdonald Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Morriston Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| New Luce Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Ricswan Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Slate Hill Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Stockton Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Thomasson's Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Tinder Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Lead, Zinc | n/a |
| Walnut Grove Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Iron | n/a |
| Walton Mine | Past producer | n/a | Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Sulfur | 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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