Mineral Ridge District

Mineral Ridge District is a producer of gold, silver in Esmeralda County, Nevada, in USGS's large output class. USGS records production from 1867. It is one of 292 historic gold producers USGS lists in Esmeralda County, and number 1 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Producer
Output class
large (USGS class)
Commodities
Gold, Silver
Production years
from 1867
Discovered
1864
County
Esmeralda County
State
Nevada
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
USGS record
60001657

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Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date.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.

Gold sites nearby

44 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Esmeralda County page lists the biggest.