Gold mines in King County, Washington

King County has 2 gold mines in MSHA records: 0 not abandoned and 2 abandoned. USGS lists 30 more historic producers.

Abandoned gold mine records in King County

2 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 2 abandoned records
NameTypeStatus sinceNearest townLandUSGS record
Damon Millprocessing facilityJul 1, 1988n/an/an/a
Damon MineundergroundApr 13, 1982n/an/an/a

Historic gold producers in King County (USGS)

USGS records 30 historic gold producers in King County: 28 past producers and 2 listed as producers or plants. For 6 of them USGS gives an output size (6 small). The most common deposit type is polymetallic veins (4 sites).

Show the 30 sites
SiteUSGS statusOutputCommoditiesYears
Dutch MillerProducersmallCopper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimonyfound 1896
ApexPast producersmallZinc, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony, Arsenicfound 1892
Coney BasinPast producersmallLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Arsenicn/a
Great RepublicPast producersmallAntimony, Silver, Gold, Arsenicfound 1892
LennoxPast producersmallGold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver, Antimony, Arsenicfound 1925
Quartz CreekPast producersmallMolybdenum, Copper, Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Uranium, Tungstenn/a
White RiverProducern/aGold, Silica, Silvern/a
Apex MinePast producern/aCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Antimony, Arsenicfrom 1889
Cleopatra MinePast producern/aLead, Gold, Copper, Arsenic, Antimony, Zinc, Silverfrom 1897
Aces UpPast producern/aZinc, Tungsten, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Arsenic, Antimonyn/a
AlanPast producern/aGold, Silver, Molybdenum, Coppern/a
Baring Iron DepositPast producern/aIron, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Coppern/a
Bear Basin PropertyPast producern/aSilver, Antimony, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zincn/a
Beaverdale PropertyPast producern/aGoldn/a
CarmackPast producern/aGold, Silver, Lead, Coppern/a
Coney Basin MinePast producern/aGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zincn/a
Damon and PythiasPast producern/aGold, Silver, Leadn/a
Damon MillPast producern/aSilver, Goldn/a
Dutch Miller MinePast producern/aCopper, Silver, Goldn/a
Grand CentralPast producern/aAntimony, Goldn/a
Great Republic MinePast producern/aAntimony, Silver, Goldn/a
Lennox PropertyPast producern/aGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Antimonyn/a
Lost LodePast producern/aMolybdenum, Silver, Lead, Goldn/a
Middle Fork PropertyPast producern/aCopper, Silver, Molybdenum, Goldfound 1894
Monte Carlo PropertyPast producern/aGold, Silvern/a
RainbowPast producern/aCopper, Silver, Goldn/a
San JosePast producern/aGold, Coppern/a
Seattle-CascadePast producern/aSilver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Coppern/a
StemwinderPast producern/aGold, Silvern/a
UnaPast producern/aCopper, Silver, Goldn/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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