Facts
- MSHA status
- Active since Jan 18, 2023
- Type
- Underground
- County
- Placer County
- State
- California
- Land status (BLM data)
- Land status not determined in the BLM dataset
- Nearest town
- Foresthill
- Employees reported
- 8
- Operator
- Eagle's Nest Mining LLC
- Coordinates
- 39.0203, -120.8181
- MSHA mine ID
- 0404468
Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.
Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date.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.
History and geology (USGS)
- USGS site name
- Forest Hill District
- USGS status
- Past producer
- Commodities
- Gold, Platinum, Silver, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Copper, Indium
- Deposit type
- Placer Au-PGE273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
- Discovered
- 1850
Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10310614 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.
Gold mines nearby
- Red Ledge Mine 23 mi · intermittent
- Sixteen To One Mine 31 mi · non-producing
- Ruby Mine 34 mi · active
- Lincoln Mine Project 42 mi · non-producing
- Spring Valley Mine 65 mi · active