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Historic gold producers in Albany County (USGS)

USGS records 47 historic gold producers in Albany County: 44 past producers and 3 listed as producers or plants. For 34 of them USGS gives an output size (34 small). Production years are recorded for 4 sites, from 1875 to 1937. The most common deposit type is placer Au-PGE (9 sites).

Show the 47 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Archer Placer Claim	Producer	small	Gold, Iridium, Platinum, Osmium, Palladium	n/a
Lincoln Gulch	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Spring Creek Placers	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Centennial Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Platinum	1876 to 1877
Keystone Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	1877 to 1893
New Rambler Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Palladium, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Nickel	1900 to 1918
Albany Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold	found 1903
Annie Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Bear Creek	Past producer	small	Gold, Palladium, Platinum	n/a
Blanche Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Platinum, Palladium, Gold	n/a
Cliff Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Copper, Platinum	n/a
Colorado Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Iron, Lead, Silver	n/a
Columbine Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold, Platinum	found 1927
Cuprite Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Copper, Cobalt, Chromium	n/a
Daves Creek	Past producer	small	Gold, Palladium, Platinum	n/a
Douglas Creek Placer Mining District	Past producer	small	Gold, Palladium, Tungsten, Silver, Platinum	found 1868
Douglas Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Cobalt	n/a
Elk Creek	Past producer	small	Gold, Palladium, Platinum	n/a
Empire Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Copper, Platinum, Palladium, Osmium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Iridium	n/a
Fall Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Rhodium, Osmium, Platinum	n/a
Florence Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Free Gold Claim	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver, Platinum	n/a
Gold Crater Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Cobalt, Sulfur-Pyrite	to 1937
Independence Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Copper, Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Nickel, Osmium, Iridium	n/a
Kansas Group Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold	n/a
Kentucky Derby Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Iridium, Osmium, Palladium, Platinum	n/a
Lake Creek Mines	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Rhodium, Palladium, Platinum	n/a
Maudem Group Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Moore's Gulch	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Palladium	found 1868
Platinum City Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Platinum	n/a
Queen Mill Run	Past producer	small	Gold, Palladium, Osmium, Iridium, Platinum	n/a
Queen Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Silver, Copper, Iridium	n/a
Ulcahomo Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Nickel, Silver	n/a
Utopia Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Platinum, Copper	n/a
Centennial Ridge District	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum, Palladium	from 1875
Albany Development Co	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Billie Class stamp mill and prospects	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Key	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Home Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jelm Mountain District	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth, Molybdenum	found 1870
Keystone Mining District	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Cobalt	n/a
LaPlata District	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Moore's Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
New Rambler Mining District	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Palladium, Silver, Platinum, Copper	n/a
Red Mask Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Strong Mine	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum	n/a
Unknown	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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