Bruneau

Bruneau is a past producer of gold, silver, copper in Elko County, Nevada, in USGS's medium output class. USGS records production from 1930. It is one of 570 historic gold producers USGS lists in Elko County, and number 32 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Past producer
Output class
medium (USGS class)
Commodities
Gold, Silver, Copper
Production years
from 1930
Discovered
1930
County
Elko County
State
Nevada
Land status (BLM data)
Federal land in a US Forest Service national forest or grassland
USGS record
10045567

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.

This location is mapped as federal land. Public land is not an invitation to enter old workings. Ask the managing agency about access, claims and closures.