Gold mines in Skamania County, Washington

Skamania County has 4 gold mines in MSHA records: 0 not abandoned and 4 abandoned. USGS lists 22 more historic producers.

Abandoned gold mine records in Skamania County

4 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 4 abandoned records
NameTypeStatus sinceNearest townLandUSGS record
Delano Wind River Millprocessing facilityDec 20, 1995n/an/an/a
Delano Wind River MineundergroundMar 14, 1996Carsonn/an/a
Lucky Break MineundergroundApr 2, 1986n/an/an/a
Wind River MineundergroundAug 6, 1979n/an/an/a

Historic gold producers in Skamania County (USGS)

USGS records 22 historic gold producers in Skamania County: 22 past producers and 0 listed as producers or plants. For 15 of them USGS gives an output size (15 small). Production years are recorded for 3 sites, from 1900 to 1953. The most common deposit type is polymetallic veins (10 sites).

Show the 22 sites
SiteUSGS statusOutputCommoditiesYears
Norway-Sweden GroupPast producersmallCopper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead1900 to 1928
Sweden MinePast producersmallCopper, Gold, Silver, Zinc1905 to 1928
Brown and Livingston ProspectPast producersmallSilver, Goldn/a
Camp Creek MinePast producersmallCopper, Gold, Platinum, Molybdenum, Zinc, Leadfound 1903
Independence MinePast producersmallCopper, Lead, Silver, Goldn/a
Index GroupPast producersmallCopper, Silver, Goldn/a
Knudson & MyersPast producersmallGoldn/a
Maybee MinePast producersmallCopper, Silver, Zinc, Goldfound 1900
Miners Queen MinePast producersmallCopper, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold, Tungstenfound 1895
Norway MinePast producersmallCopper, Silver, Goldfound 1896
Plamondon ProspectPast producersmallSilver, Goldn/a
Primary Gold MinePast producersmallGold, Silver, Platinumn/a
Skamania MinePast producersmallCopper, Silver, Gold, Vanadiumfound 1950
Wind River MinePast producersmallGold, Copper, Silver, Arsenicfound 1925
Yellow Jacket MinePast producersmallCopper, Silver, Goldto 1953
Camp CreekPast producern/aZinc, Silver, Lead, Goldn/a
CoePast producern/aCopper, Zinc, Silver, Goldn/a
Grizzly Creek MinePast producern/aSilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Molybdenumn/a
Last ChancePast producern/aCopper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Vanadium, Leadn/a
Maybee MinePast producern/aCopper, Zinc, Goldn/a
Primary GoldPast producern/aGold, Silver, Platinumn/a
Wind River MinePast producern/aGold, Silvern/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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