Granite Creek Mine

Granite Creek Mine is an underground gold mine in Humboldt County, Nevada, near Golconda. MSHA lists its status as active since May 1, 2014 and records 125 employees. It is one of 57 gold mines in Nevada that are not marked abandoned, and one of 7 in Humboldt County; by employees it ranks 22 of 54 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Active since May 1, 2014
Type
Underground
County
Humboldt County
State
Nevada
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
Nearest town
Golconda
Employees reported
125
Operator
Osgood Mining Company, LLC
Coordinates
41.1364, -117.2758
MSHA mine ID
2601597

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Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date.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
Bluebell Mine
USGS status
Past producer
Commodities
Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10246760 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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