Patterson Mining District

Patterson Mining District is a past producer of gold, silver, molybdenum, lead in Mono County, California, in USGS's medium output class. USGS records production from 1882. It is one of 225 historic gold producers USGS lists in Mono County, and number 3 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Past producer
Output class
medium (USGS class)
Commodities
Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead
Production years
from 1882
Discovered
1882
County
Mono County
State
California
Land status (BLM data)
Federal land in a US Forest Service national forest or grassland
USGS record
60000932

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.