Gold mines in Snohomish County, Washington

Snohomish County has 2 gold mines in MSHA records: 0 not abandoned and 2 abandoned. USGS lists 85 more historic producers.

Abandoned gold mine records in Snohomish 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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
Jonkers PlacersurfaceApr 29, 1982n/an/an/a
Port Of Benton PitundergroundOct 1, 1980n/an/an/a

Historic gold producers in Snohomish County (USGS)

USGS records 85 historic gold producers in Snohomish County: 81 past producers and 4 listed as producers or plants. For 33 of them USGS gives an output size (2 medium, 31 small). The most common deposit type is polymetallic veins (24 sites).

Show the 85 sites
SiteUSGS statusOutputCommoditiesYears
Kromona MineProducermediumCopper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Ironn/a
Forty Five MinePast producermediumLead, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Tungstenfound 1891
Justice MineProducersmallSilver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Arsenic, Antimonyn/a
Lake Serene MineProducersmallCopper, Silver, Iron, Goldn/a
St. Louis and Jackson MineProducersmallCopper, Gold, Silver, Tungstenn/a
Sunset MinePast producersmallCopper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenumfrom 1902
Iowa ClaimsPast producersmallCopper, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Molybdenumfrom 1915
Aristo PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Blue Bird MinePast producersmallSilver, Lead, Goldn/a
Bonanza Queen MinePast producersmallGold, Copper, Silver, Iron, Arsenic, Telluriumn/a
Broken Ridge ProspectPast producersmallSilver, Copper, Gold, Uranium, Silica, Zincn/a
BuckeyePast producersmallCopper, Silver, Goldn/a
Charlotte MinePast producersmallCopper, Silver, Goldn/a
Copper BellePast producersmallCopper, Gold, Silver, Tungstenn/a
Copper Independent MinePast producersmallGold, Silver, Arsenicn/a
EthelPast producersmallCopper, Gold, Silvern/a
Florence RaePast producersmallGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Nickel, Lead, Tungsten, Chromiumn/a
Foggy MinePast producersmallGold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Arsenic, Antimony, Coppern/a
Glory of the Mountain ProspectPast producersmallSilver, Gold, Arsenicn/a
Good Hope MinePast producersmallGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Vanadiumn/a
Helena MinePast producersmallSilver, Gold, Coppern/a
Horseshoe Bend PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
MackinawPast producersmallCopper, Nickel, Cobalt, Gold, Silver, Vanadium, Uranium, Arsenicfound 1900
MysteryPast producersmallZinc, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Arsenic, Antimonyn/a
New Discovery MinePast producersmallGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Arsenicn/a
New York-Seattle MinePast producersmallCopper, Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Zincn/a
O and B MinePast producersmallCopper, Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Zincn/a
Peabody MinePast producersmallSilver, Gold, Lead, Zincn/a
Pride of the Mountains MinePast producersmallZinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Arsenicn/a
Rainy MinePast producersmallGold, Silver, Arsenicn/a
Sultan Canyon PlacerPast producersmallGoldn/a
Sultan King ProspectPast producersmallCopper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Arsenic, Ironn/a
Wayside MinePast producersmallCopper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Vanadiumn/a
Forty-Five.Or Lydia Pinkham MinePast producern/aZinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copperfrom 1896
Copper BellePast producern/aSilver, Gold, Copper, Tungstenfrom 1911
Ore Recoveries MinePast producern/aCopper, Tin, Silver, Gold, Arsenicfrom 1940
Aristo PlacerPast producern/aGoldn/a
Bonanza QueenPast producern/aCopper, Gold, Silver, Tellurium, Arsenicn/a
Boston-American MinePast producern/aGold, Silvern/a
Broken RidgePast producern/aZinc, Molybdenum, Gold, Coppern/a
BuckeyePast producern/aCopper, Silver, Goldn/a
CharlottePast producern/aCopper, Gold, Silvern/a
Comet MinePast producern/aGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Arsenicn/a
Copper Independent MinePast producern/aGold, Silvern/a
Covered WagonPast producern/aCopper, Goldn/a
DeerflyPast producern/aLead, Gold, Silvern/a
EclipsePast producern/aGold, Mercury, Copper, Silvern/a
EthelPast producern/aCopper, Silver, Goldn/a
Florence-RaePast producern/aCopper, Nickel, Gold, Zinc, Tungsten, Silvern/a
FortunatePast producern/aGold, Silvern/a
Forty FivePast producern/aSilver, Zinc, Tungsten, Lead, Gold, Coppern/a
Golden Cord MinePast producern/aGold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Leadn/a
Golden EaglePast producern/aMolybdenum, Silver, Goldn/a
Good HopePast producern/aGold, Zinc, Vanadium, Silver, Lead, Coppern/a
Index Gold MinePast producern/aGold, Lead, Silver, Zincn/a
Index-IndependentPast producern/aCopper, Silver, Goldn/a
IowaPast producern/aCopper, Gold, Silvern/a
JusticePast producern/aGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Coppern/a
KromonaPast producern/aCopper, Silver, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Goldn/a
Last ChancePast producern/aGold, Silver, Leadn/a
Lnew Discovery MinePast producern/aGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Coppern/a
Lockwood PyritePast producern/aGold, Zinc, Silver, Iron, Copper, Sulfurn/a
Mackinaw Metals MinePast producern/aCopper, Uranium, Silver, Nickel, Gold, Cobaltn/a
Martin EngdahlPast producern/aLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Goldn/a
Mineral Center Mining Co., Inc.Past producern/aGold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Leadn/a
Monte CristoPast producern/aGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Coppern/a
MysteryminePast producern/aGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Coppern/a
New York-SeattlePast producern/aCopper, Gold, Silvern/a
Non-Pareil MinePast producern/aCopper, Silver, Nickel, Gold, Cobaltn/a
Northwest ConsolidatedPast producern/aGold, Copper, Silvern/a
O & B MinePast producern/aCopper, Gold, Silvern/a
Orphan Boy MinePast producern/aGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Arsenicn/a
PeabodyPast producern/aGold, Lead, Zinc, Silvern/a
Pride of the MountainsPast producern/aGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Coppern/a
Pride of the Woods MinePast producern/aLead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Goldn/a
RainyPast producern/aGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Coppern/a
Seventy-SixPast producern/aLead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Goldn/a
Shirley PlacerPast producern/aGoldn/a
St. Louis and JacksonPast producern/aCopper, Tungsten, Silver, Goldn/a
StarlightPast producern/aSilver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Coppern/a
Sultan PlacerPast producern/aGoldn/a
Sultan River PlacerPast producern/aGoldn/a
Sunset MinePast producern/aCopper, Silver, Goldn/a
VandaliaPast producern/aLead, Gold, Silvern/a
WaysidePast producern/aCopper, Zinc, Vanadium, Silver, Lead, 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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