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Historic gold producers in Carbon County (USGS)

USGS records 30 historic gold producers in Carbon County: 30 past producers and 0 listed as producers or plants. For 2 of them USGS gives an output size (2 small). Production years are recorded for 2 sites, from 1873 to 1902. The most common deposit type is placer Au (3 sites).

Show the 30 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Broadway Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper, PGE	found 1904
Sunday Morning Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1882
Deserted Treasure No. 2 Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	1873 to 1896
Big Creek District	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, REE	n/a
Bridger Mine	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Selenium, Nickel, Tellurium	found 1876
Brush Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cooper Hill District	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Cortez Creek placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Doane-Rambler Mine (including Rex Mine)	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Copper, Cobalt, Uranium	n/a
Elk Mountain mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	to 1902
Encampment District	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold	n/a
Ferris-Haggarty Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Gold, Uranium	found 1897
Gertrude	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Iron, Gold	n/a
Gold Hill District	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hawkeye	Past producer	n/a	Iron, Gold	n/a
Hidden Treasure Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Iron	n/a
Hinton-Verde Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Iron	n/a
Junk Creek Prospects	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
King Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
King of the Camp Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Kurtz-Chatterton Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Meta Mine	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite, Iron	found 1905
Mullison Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Nature's Mint	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pease Placers	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold	n/a
Penn Mines	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Purgatory Gulch mines	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Richmond Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Seminoe District	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Asbestos	n/a
Sunday Morning Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	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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