Arbacoochee Placer Mines

Arbacoochee Placer Mines is a past producer of gold, sand and gravel, construction in Cleburne County, Alabama, in USGS's medium output class. USGS records production from 1836. It is one of 52 historic gold producers USGS lists in Cleburne County, and number 1 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Past producer
Output class
medium (USGS class)
Commodities
Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction
Production years
from 1836
Discovered
1836
County
Cleburne County
State
Alabama
Land status (BLM data)
Land status not determined in the BLM dataset
USGS record
60001793

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. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.