Historic gold producers in Orange County (USGS)
USGS records 18 historic gold producers in Orange County: 18 past producers and 0 listed as producers or plants. For 9 of them USGS gives an output size (9 small). The most common deposit type is low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (9 sites).
Show the 18 sites
| Site | USGS status | Output | Commodities | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grasty Tract Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1831 |
| Vaucluse Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Lead | from 1832 |
| Melville Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Arsenic | from 1850 |
| Woodville Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1861 |
| Old Tinder Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper | from 1879 |
| Dickey Tract Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite | from 1900 |
| Wilderness Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1911 |
| Partridge Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver | from 1921 |
| Ambler Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Ambler Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Grasty, Dickey, Chicago-Va Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Greenwood Mine | Past producer | n/a | Lead, Gold, Copper | n/a |
| Melville Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Partridge Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Stuart Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Vaucluse Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Wilderness Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Young 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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