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This list of gold mines in the United States is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.
The Bodie Mine played an historically important part of the Okanogan gold rush. Founded by Henry Dewitz after the Northern Colville Reservation was opened for mining in 1896. The Bodie Mine was started in 1897 to mine a block of five patented claims (Bodie, Bodie #2, West Cliff, Crystal Bluff, and Little George).
Beginning in 1940, a gold cyanidation plant operated on site to leech residual gold from the mine tailings. The gold cyanidation process increased yield to 95 percent of the gold contained in the mine's ore. [2] At the time of its closure, the Lava Cap Mine was the most productive in California, with over 300 men. From 1934 to 1943 the mine ...
A gold mine could reopen in the Sierra Nevada. Environmentalists fear air pollution, empty wells and toxic waste.
In 1859, gold was discovered in California by a group of prospectors, including a tin manufacturer named W.S. Bodey. And the Gold Rush began.
The mine ranked as the top producing gold mine in North America in 1960, when it produced 18,400 kilograms of gold, generated from 1,512,860 tons of ore. [8] Ore reserves dwindled in 1960 and all further exploration was abandoned in 1963, with the focus of the work shifting to removing ore that was already identified.
An abandoned mine refers to a former mining or quarrying operation that is no longer in use and has no responsible entity to finance the cost of remediation and/or restoration of the mine feature or site. Such mines are typically left unattended and may pose safety hazards or cause environmental damage without proper maintenance.
The following are lists of gold mines and are subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and planned mines that have substantial gold output, organized by country. North America