Trinity County, California Mines

Trinity County has 1403 mine records in the USGS MRDS database, of which 935 list gold as a primary commodity.

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Mines and active mining claims in Trinity County California

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About the MRDS Mines Database:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

All 1,402 mines in Trinity County, California

Albia Placer Claims

Albies Property

Allen and Cummings

American Manganese Claims 1

American Manganese No. 1 and No. 2

Anna Bell Cinnabar Mine

Annie and Hall Flat

Apple Flat Prospect

Apple Flat Prospect

Apple Tree and Monte Carlo

Arbuckle Prospect

Armstrong No. 1 Prospect

Armstrong No. 1 Prospect

Armstrong No. 2 Mine

Armstrong No. 2 Prospect

Armstrong No. 3 Prospect

Armstrong No. 3 Prospect

Armstrong Property

Arrow Point Chrome Mine

Arrowhead and Black Susan Claims

Atomic Mining Co

B. B. Gold & Platinum

Bald Steer Claim

Barron Creek Placer

Barry Creek Mine

Barthol - Jacobs

Bateman and Mauldin

Bateman and Mauldin

Bates and Van Matre

Batham Property

Baxter Gulch and Waldorff Placers

Bed Rock Tunnel

Benjamin and Keno Bar

Bennett Hydraulic Mine

Berthayolla Bollydeposits

Big Bend Hot Spring

Big Boy Deposit

Big Creek Placer

Big Flat Placer

Big Horn No. 1 and No. 2

Black Bear Occurrence

Black Bird Claim

Black Cloud Group

Black Cloud Group

Black Crane Claim

Black Crow No. 1 and Black Crow No. 2 Claims.

Black Crow No. 1 and No. 2 Claims

Black Crow Number 1 and 2

Black Hawk Claim

Black Jack Occurrence

Black Rock Claim

Blackie Occurrence

Blondy Occurrence

Bloss and Mccleary

Blue Lizard Prospect

Blue Lizard Prospect

Bonanza Manganese Claims

Boston Consolidated

Boston Consolidated

Boulder Consolidated Gold Mines Co

Bragdon Occurrence

Briggs Deposits

Broken Hammer Prospect

Broken Hammer Prospects

Brown Bear Mine

Brown Dog Claim

Brown Dog Claim

Brown Dog Claim

Buckeye Mining Co.

Bucking Camp Deposits No. 1

Bucking Camp Deposits No. 1 and 2

Bully Choop Mine

Bully Chop Mine

Busted Shoestring Lode

Canyon Placers Inc

Carey Ridge Mercury

Carlson and Sandburg

Carr Quicksilver

Carr's Iron-Capped Dike

Carr, Louella and Carrie Claims

Carrville Gold Co Dredge

Carter Prospect

Cauldwell Manganese Property

Cecil Bell Placer

Cedar Nos. 1,2,3,4 Claims, Collins Group

Cedar Springs Claim

Cedar Springs Claim

Chamberlain and Red Hill

Chanchelulla Prospect

Chapman & Fisher

Charlene Sue Occurrence

China Town Placer Mine

Chinese Gold Placer

Chrome Center No. 1, 2, 3 Claims

Cinco Mineros Co

Cinco Mineros Co

Clear Creek Gold Dredging Co/

Coffee Creek Dredge

Coffee Creek Pit

Colby and Mcilwaine

Coldwater No. 1 and 2

Compass Occurrence

Compton Occurrence

Consolidated Placer

Cope and Johnson

Copper King Occurrence

Copper Queen Group

Copper Queen Group

Copper Queen Prospect

Corner No. 1 and No. 2 Prospects

Corner No. 1 and No. 2 Prospects

Corona De Oro Mine

Crazy Jim Placer

Crow Creek Mine

Cubby and Kitty Placers

Daisy and Hilliard

Dawn of Hope and Dutch Creek Groups

Dobbins Gulch Dredge Co

Double-A Prospect

Dragdon and Mule Creek

Dreschler and Engle

Dry Cedar Claim, Collins Group

Dry Lake Prospect

Dry Lake Prospect

Dry Ridge Occurrence

E. Fork of Stuart

E. Fork of Stuart Fork River

East Branch Prospects

Eltapom Occurrence

English Tom Mine

Enterprise 1 & 2

Enterprise Mine

Eureka Occurrence

Evalina Occurrenco

Evans and Bartlett

Fairview Placers Dredge

Fillibuster Group

First One Today Placer

Fisher Gulch and Bonanza Claims Mine

Forty Dollar Gulch

Foster and Cuff

Foster and Cuff

Four Point Claim

Four Point Claim

Giant Consolidated Quicksilver Pros

Glacier & Junction

Globe Consolidated

Gold Dollar No 1-5

Golden Chest Group

Golden Gate Mine

Golden Jubilee Mine

Golden King Group

Goldfield Consolidated

Good Friday Mine

Gool No 2 and 3 Claims

Gool No 2 Claim

Grand National Mining Co

Granite Creek Placers

Grass Valley Creek

Gray Fox Occurrence

Green Stripe Chrome Mine

Griffiths Mining & Development Co

Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland Mine

Grubstake Claim

Gypsy Queen Group

Hale Creek Mine

Hale Creek Mine

Halgrave and Co.

Hamilton Property

Hammer Property

Happy Go Lucky Occurrence

Harmon and Allen

Harold C. Young

Harolds Club Dredge

Hart and Bear Deposits

Hart and Bear Deposits

Hayfork Gold Dredging Co. Browns Cr

Hayfork Gold Dredging Company

Headlight Consolidated

Helmke Manganese Group

Helmke Manganese Group

Hidden Treasure

High Grade & Teressa Prospect

High Grade and Teressa

High Lead Claim

Highland Lake Occurrence

Hoboken and Grand Slide

Hoelling Claims

Hook and Ladder

Horseshoe and Homestake

Hub and Security

Hub and Security

Hunt Hot Spring

Hupp and Mcmarray

I Wonder Occurrence

Independence Group

Independence Nos. 1-6

Indian Creek Dredge

Integral Consolidated

Intergral Consolidated Group

Interstate Mines Inc.

Invincible Consolidated

Iron Chief No 1 & 3

Island Mountain

Island Mountain Consolidated

Island Mountain Consolidated

Jackson and Carter

Jackson and Carter

Jake S Lower Camp Prospect

Jeffry Pine Claim

John Boddecker Prospect

Junction City Dredge

Junction Nos. 1 and 2 Claims, Collins Group

Keating Prospect

King Group P M C

Kingsbury Gulch

La Grange Hydraulic Mine

Lampley Deposits

Lampley Deposits

Langworthy Claim

Last Chance Claim

Last Chance Claim

Last Hope Claim

Last Hope Claim

Laurence Geroella

Leas and Lowden

Lee and B Claim

Lewiston Gold Dredging Co.

Lewiston Lake Gold

Lewiston Placers

Lincoln Gold Dredging Company

Little Ann and Mumsie A Chrome Mines

Little Ann Mine

Little Anna Mine

Little Deer No 2 Prospect

Little Deer No.1

Little Deer Prospect No. 1 and 2

Little Klondyke

Log Cabin Group Placer

Long Bar Placer

Lookout Deposits

Lookout Deposits

Lost Horse Occurrence

Lost Mine Deposit

Lost Mine Deposit

Lotus 1+2 Placer

Low Gap Claim, Collins Group

Low Slide Creek

Lucky Bill Prospect

Lucky Star Claim

Lucky Star Claim

Lucky Strike Mine

Lucky Sunday and Billy Sunday Claims

Lucky Sunday Mine

M N & F Group P M C

Mahoney and Wallace

Major Chrome Prospect

Malachite No 1 Claim

Manganese Queen Mine

Manganese Queen Mine

Maple Placer Mine

Marcellus Group

Martinsville Gold

Mary Blaine Mine

Mary Jane Gold Mine

Mason and Thayer

Mason-Thayer Mine

May Blossom Mine

May Queen Prospect

McKay and Abbott Occurrence

Meckel-Fields Mine

Mekel-Fields Property

Middle and Upper Weaver Creek

Minersville Area

Minersville Placer

Mires & Underseath

Modoc Gold Mines Inc

Modoc Gold Mines, Inc.

Monkey Creek No.1 and No.2

Montgomery Deposit

Montgomery Deposit

Moody Manganese Deposits

Morrison Cabin Bar

Mountain Boomer

Mt. Shasta Vein Prospect

Mule Creek Occurrence

Mumbo Creek Group

Mumbo Creek Group

Munko Quicksilver

Munko, J.A. Mercury Mine

Murphy-Bramlette Prospect

Murphy-Bramlette Prospect

Neafus Peak Deposit

New Blue Jay Mining Co.

New Discovery Placer

New River Mining and Development Co

North Black Gulch Prospect

North Fork Coffee Cr. Placers

North Fork Deposit

North Fork Deposit

North Fork Hydraulic

North Star, Evening Star

Nugget Creek Placer

Number One Occurrence

O Shay Chloride

Oak Ridge Occurrence

Old Bones Ocurrence

Oregon Gulch Gold Dredge

Oro Trinity Dredger Company

Overland Claims

Overland Claims

Pacific Gold Dredge Company

Packer Prospect

Patillo Property

Patrick Holland S Placer Mine

Peewee Prospect

Pelletreau Group

Phillpot Occurrence

Picayune Lake Group

Picayune Lake Group

Pink Crystal Claim

Placer Deposits

Placer Dev. Co.

Placer Exploration Co

Plummer Peak Prospect

Poker Bar Mines

Post and Wilson

R.A.M. and Little Alice

Railroad Lease Mine

Rainbow No. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4

Rainy Day Claim

Rainy Day Claim

Rattlesnake Claim

Rattlesnake Claim

Rattlesnake Mine

Raymond Gulch Placer

Red Cliff Prospect

Red Cliff Prospect

Red Mountain Claim

Redding Creek Placers

Rehberger Property

Rice Road No. 1 Prospect

Riley Placer Mine

Rising Sun Group

Rocky Gulch Placer

Sailor Bar Creek Group

Salmon Summit Mine

Salt Creek Claim

Salt Creek Claim

Salt Creek No. 2 and No. 3 Claims

Salt Creek No2 and No3 Claims

Salt Creek Placer

Salyer Copper Prospect

San Martin Group Placer

Sangra La Claim, Vance Group

Schlomberg Placer

Schoolhouse No. 1

Schreckengost Group

Schreckengost Group

Schules, Pallestreau Claims

Sect. 14 Claim, Crow Creek Group

Section 11 Mine/ Southern Pacific

Sharber Creek Mine

Shasta Hydraulic Gold Co.

Shasta Lily Mine

Shell View No. 1

Shell View No. 2

Shell View No. 3 Deposit

Shell View Nos 1 and 2 Prospects

Silver Grey Mine

Skagg's Deposit

Smith Creek and Gibson

Snow Camp Claims

Source No 1 Prospect

Sourdough Group

South Black Gulch Prospect

South Fork of Trinity River

South Liberty Lode

Spider Prospect

St. Marys and Live Oak

Stanton Chrome, Stanton Chrome Extension Claims

Star of the East

Star of the East

Starvation Gulch

Steveale Placer

Stockton Deposits

Strong 1, 2, 3, 4

Sturdivant Hydraulic

Sugar Pine Lode

Sulphur Springs

Summit No. 1 Deposit

Sunny Slope Claim, Collins Group

Sunny Slope Mine

Sunshine Prospect

Sylvester-Wilson Claim

T and C Placer Nos. 1-3

Tangle Blue Divide

Tangle Blue Divide Occurrence

Teal and Perigot Group

Testy Race Track Company

The Cliff Deposit

The Manganese Claim

Thompson Divide Minco

Three Peaks Mining Company

Timmerman and McKinzie

Tinsley & Treloar

Tom Morton Cons.

Trinity Chrome Mine

Trinity Development Co.

Trinity Dredging Co.

Trinity Prospect

Trinity River Basin District

Trout Creek No. 1

Twin Chrome Hill Mine

Twisted Oak No. 1

Twisted Oak No.1

Two Hits and A Miss Placer

Two Sugar Pines

Two Sugar Pines

Underground Treasure

Union Creek Placers

Union Hill Mine

Unnamed Placers

Unnamed Placers

Upper Dutton Creek

Viking Dredging Company

Virgin Cr. Area

Virgin Creek Area

Virginia Bruce Claim

Wagon No. 2 Prospect

Ware Deposit No. 1

Ware Deposit No. 2

Ware Deposits Nos.1 and 2

Weaver Dredge Co

Weaver Dredge Unit 3

Weaver Dredging Company

Weaverville Unit

Western Chrome 3 and 4

Western Chrome Nos. 1, 3, 4

White Cloud Pocket

White Maple Sprs

White Oak Prospect

Wildcat Chrome Occurrence

Wildwood Placer

Wilshire and Peabody

Wilson-Sylvester Claim

Wolff Brothers Placer

Wool Mountain No. 1 and No. 2

Wool Mountain Nos 1 and 2 Claims

Yellow Jacket Creek Placers

Yellow Jacket Ridge Prospect

Yellow Pine Mine

Yellow Pine Prospect

Yellow Rose of Texas

Yellowstone Mine

Yolla Bolly Mountain Claims

Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields

Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields

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