Red Ledge Mine

Red Ledge Mine is a surface gold mine in Nevada County, California, near Washington. MSHA lists its status as intermittent since Jun 30, 2026 and records 3 employees. It is one of 11 gold mines in California that are not marked abandoned, and one of 2 in Nevada County; by employees it ranks 9 of 10 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Intermittent since Jun 30, 2026
Type
Surface
County
Nevada County
State
California
Land status (BLM data)
Land status not determined in the BLM dataset
Nearest town
Washington
Employees reported
3
Operator
Red Ledge Mining Company LLC
Coordinates
39.3600, -120.7986
MSHA mine ID
0405349

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Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date.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
Red Point
USGS status
Past producer
Commodities
Gold
Output size
small (USGS class)

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10103164 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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