Railroad Copper-Gold Property

Railroad Copper-Gold Property is a past producer of copper, gold, silver, zinc in Elko County, Nevada, in USGS's medium output class. USGS records production from 1870 to 1959. It is one of 570 historic gold producers USGS lists in Elko County, and number 18 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Past producer
Output class
medium (USGS class)
Commodities
Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Tungsten, Barium-Barite
Deposit type
Skarn Cu
Production years
1870 to 1959
Discovered
1870
County
Elko County
State
Nevada
Land status (BLM data)
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management
USGS record
10310317

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

33 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Elko County page lists the biggest.