Facts
- MSHA status
- Active since Nov 20, 2025
- Type
- Underground
- County
- Josephine County
- State
- Oregon
- Land status (BLM data)
- Private land or land not mapped as public
- Nearest town
- Sunny Valley
- Employees reported
- 3
- Operator
- Summitt Mining LLC
- Coordinates
- 42.6292, -123.3064
- MSHA mine ID
- 3503971
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Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date.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
- Star Mine
- USGS status
- Occurrence
- Commodities
- Gold
Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10032159 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.
Other gold mines under the same operator
- Mill Josephine County, OR
Gold mines nearby
- Mill 4 mi · intermittent