Abandoned gold mine records in Whatcom 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.
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| Name | Type | Status since | Nearest town | Land | USGS record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D D One | underground | Sep 30, 2025 | Glacier | Private land or land not mapped as public | n/a |
| Western Gold New Light Project | surface | Apr 6, 1982 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Historic gold producers in Whatcom County (USGS)
USGS records 72 historic gold producers in Whatcom County: 69 past producers and 3 listed as producers or plants. For 42 of them USGS gives an output size (42 small). Production years are recorded for 24 sites, from 1875 to 1953. The most common deposit type is polymetallic veins (32 sites).
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| Site | USGS status | Output | Commodities | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Jack Mine | Producer | small | Gold, Silver, Copper, Bismuth | 1902 to 1924 |
| Great Excelsior Mine | Producer | small | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony | 1903 to 1916 |
| Anacortes Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Tellurium | 1875 to 1937 |
| Goat Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver, Copper | from 1875 |
| Allen Basin Group | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic | 1898 to 1940 |
| Mammoth Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic | 1898 to 1942 |
| Chancellor Group | Past producer | small | Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Arsenic, Copper | 1903 to 1939 |
| Indiana Mine, Chancellor Group | Past producer | small | Silver, Gold, Lead, Arsenic, Copper, Zinc | 1903 to 1940 |
| Nooksack Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | 1903 to 1908 |
| Illinois Mine, Chancellor Group | Past producer | small | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc | from 1904 |
| Minnesota Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver, Copper | 1911 to 1913 |
| Boundary Red Mountain Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver, Copper, Tellurium, Bismuth | 1912 to 1946 |
| Azurite Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead | 1918 to 1939 |
| Gold Basin Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | 1925 |
| Golden Arrow Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Arsenic, Zinc | 1925 to 1953 |
| Terra Alta Prospect | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver | from 1925 |
| Silver Tip Mine | Past producer | small | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic | 1943 to 1949 |
| Baltimore Prospect | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead | found 1915 |
| Blonden Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver | to 1903 |
| Conway Prospect | Past producer | small | Copper, Gold, Silver | found 1900 |
| Copper King Prospect | Past producer | small | Quartz, Gold, Copper | found 1897 |
| Evergreen Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver | to 1939 |
| First Find & Ivanhoe Prospect | Past producer | small | Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Arsenic | n/a |
| Fourth of July Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | found 1907 |
| Gargett Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | found 1901 |
| Glacier Mine | Past producer | small | Copper, Gold, Silver | to 1951 |
| Gold Hill Mine | Past producer | small | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Arsenic, Copper | found 1930 |
| Gold Run Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Copper, Silver | n/a |
| Lazy Tar Heel Placer | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Lone Star Prospect | Past producer | small | Gold | to 1925 |
| Ninety Nine Prospect | Past producer | small | Gold, Lead, Silver | found 1900 |
| North American Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver, Copper | to 1910 |
| Old Discovery Placer | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Pierce Prospect | Past producer | small | Gold | found 1889 |
| Randall Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Red Jacket Prospect | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Copper, Zinc | n/a |
| Rockefeller Prospect | Past producer | small | Silver, Gold | to 1925 |
| Saginaw Prospect | Past producer | small | Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead | found 1901 |
| Scougale Placer | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Verona Prospect | Past producer | small | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper | n/a |
| Walla Walla Prospect | Past producer | small | Silver, Gold | n/a |
| Whistler Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver, Copper | found 1895 |
| New Light Mine | Producer | n/a | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Platinum | from 1896 |
| Great Excelsior Mine | Past producer | n/a | Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | from 1902 |
| Chancellor | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | from 1903 |
| Ruby Creek Placer | Past producer | n/a | Gold | from 1906 |
| Whistler Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Silver, Copper | from 1936 |
| Evergreen Mine | Past producer | n/a | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper | from 1938 |
| Gargett Mine | Past producer | n/a | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper | from 1940 |
| Allen Basin Group | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Arsenic, Lead, Zinc, Silver | found 1898 |
| Anacortes Group | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Zinc, Tellurium, Silver, Lead | n/a |
| Azurite Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | n/a |
| Boundry Red Mountain Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Bismuth, Copper, Silver, Tellurium | n/a |
| Farrar Placer | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Farrar Placer | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Fourth of July Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Goat Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Silver | n/a |
| Gold Basin Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Gold Hill Mine | Past producer | n/a | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | n/a |
| Golden Arrow Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | found 1895 |
| Indiana Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead | n/a |
| King Tut Placer | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Lone Jack Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Silver, Copper, Bismuth | found 1897 |
| Mammoth Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Arsenic, Zinc, Silver, Lead | n/a |
| Minnesota Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Silver, Copper | n/a |
| New Light Group | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Silver, PGE, Nickel, Lead, Copper | n/a |
| North American Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Silver, Copper | n/a |
| Old Discovery Placer | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Rockefeller Prospect | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Silver | n/a |
| Scougale Placer | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Silver Tip Mine | Past producer | n/a | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | found 1896 |
| Western Gold Mine & Mill | 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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