Gold, Silver Mines in California

255Total Sites

59Active

Gold, Silver Mining in California

California has 255 gold, silver-related mine and mineral deposit locations recorded in federal databases. Of these, 59 are currently active operations. Data comes from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System and MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration records.

By County

County	Sites
San Bernardino County	68
Mono County	38
Inyo County	27
Calaveras County	25
Kern County	15
Tuolumne County	12
Mariposa County	11
Shasta County	10
Nevada County	7
Alpine County	6
Amador County	6
Lassen County	4
Placer County	4
San Diego County	4
Contra Costa County	3
Imperial County	2
Modoc County	2
El Dorado County	1
Lake County	1
Los Angeles County	1
Marin County	1
Napa County	1
Plumas County	1
Riverside County	1
Sacramento County	1
Sierra County	1
Siskiyou County	1
Yuba County	1

Gold, Silver Mines

Mine	County	Type	Status
Alleghany-Downieville	Sierra		Producer
Amalie-Agua Caliente	Kern		Producer
Angelo Mission	Mono		Producer
Beauregard	Mono		Producer
Big Gold Mine	Kern		Producer
Blue Chief	Kern		Producer
Blue Mountain Mine	Kern		Producer
Bodie	Mono		Producer
Briggs Mine	Inyo	Surface-Underground	Producer
Buckeye-Stedman-Bagdad Chase Mine	San Bernardino		Producer
Butte Mine	Kern		Producer
Carson Hill	Calaveras		Producer
Castle Mountain Mine	San Bernardino	Surface-Underground	Producer
Cat Camp Hydraulic Mine	Calaveras		Producer
Central Eureka	Amador		Producer
Cleveland-Pacific Mine	San Diego		Producer
Colorado No.2 Tarshish	Alpine		Producer
Columbia Basin	Tuolumne		Producer
Cosumnes River Placers-Plymouth	Amador		Producer
Dale-Monte Negro	San Bernardino		Producer
Descanso Mine	San Diego		Producer
E. A. Bacon	Calaveras		Producer
Eagle Nest Mine	San Diego		Producer
East Belt-Soulsbyville-Toulumne	Tuolumne		Producer
French Gulch-Deadwood-Brown Bear	Shasta		Producer
Glo-Bar Mines	Calaveras		Producer
Gold Dollar No 1	Inyo		Producer
Groveland-Moccasin-Jacksonville	Tuolumne		Producer
Hammonton-Yuba River	Yuba		Producer
Heslep	Tuolumne		Producer
Hite Hite & Wynant, Hites Cove, Arkell	Mariposa		Producer
Jack Lode	Tuolumne		Producer
Klatt Mine	Siskiyou		Producer
La Felis Claim	Contra Costa		Producer
Lady Franklin	Alpine		Producer
Mary Lode Mine	Imperial		Producer
Masonic	Mono		Producer
Mehrten Bros	Calaveras		Producer
Mokelumne Hill Placers	Calaveras		Producer
Mother Lode-East Belt	Mariposa		Producer
Mother Lode-East Belt-West Belt	Calaveras		Producer
Mountain Gold Dredging Co.	Sacramento		Producer
Murphys	Calaveras		Producer
Nutmeg	Mariposa		Producer
Occidental	Placer		Producer
Omega	Nevada		Producer
Placerville Placers	El Dorado		Producer
Quartz Hill	Calaveras		Producer
Rand-Randsburg	Kern		Producer
Rose Quartz Mine	San Diego		Producer

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