Cherokee Mine

Cherokee Mine is a past producer of gold in Cherokee County, Georgia, in USGS's medium output class. It is one of 37 historic gold producers USGS lists in Cherokee County, and number 2 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Past producer
Output class
medium (USGS class)
Commodities
Gold
Deposit type
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
County
Cherokee County
State
Georgia
Land status (BLM data)
Federal land managed by the Army Corps of Engineers
USGS record
10083761

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.

Gold sites nearby

37 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Cherokee County page lists the biggest.