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Mines in Sierra County, California

Sierra County, California has 82 mines on MSHA's register: 81 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 117 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2023. Inspectors have issued 441 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Sierra County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Sierra County →

Mines on register
82
Active
0
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
441
59 underground · 20 surface · 3 facilities 0 coal · 82 metal and non-metal 81 abandoned 117 reported accidents, 1983–2023
Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Sierra County, California · Population 2,731
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$60,000
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
Brush Creek Mining & Development Company Inc 3 0 0
Morning Glory Gold Mines 2 0 0
Neocene Explorations 2 0 0
Original Sixteen to One Mine, Inc. 2 0 0
Quartzview Corporation 1 0 1
Advance Mining Inc 1 0 0
Alaskan Peak Mining Company 1 0 0
Alchemist Mining Group 1 0 0
Alfred Mitchell 1 0 0
Barney Green 1 0 0
Mines in Sierra County82 on register
  1. Sixteen To One Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Quartzview Corporation · MSHA ID 0401299
    NonProducing
  2. BRUSH CREEK MINE
    Underground metal/non-metal · Brush Creek Mining & Development Company Inc · MSHA ID 0403309
    Abandoned
  3. Snelling Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Western Stone Products · MSHA ID 0404627
    Abandoned
  4. Oriental
    Underground metal/non-metal · Dickey Exploration Company Inc · MSHA ID 0400898
    Abandoned
  5. TELEGRAPH MINE
    Underground metal/non-metal · Saddleback, LLC · MSHA ID 0405100
    Abandoned
  6. Gardner'S Point Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Brush Creek Joint Venture · MSHA ID 0404828
    Abandoned
  7. Plumbago Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Original Sixteen to One Mine, Inc. · MSHA ID 0403065
    Abandoned
  8. Colombo Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Sierra Minerals, LLC · MSHA ID 0405951
    Abandoned
  9. Irelan Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · HAROLD MASON LIVING TR DTD 9-25-96 AS AMENDED · MSHA ID 0404319
    Abandoned
  10. Red Star/Osceola
    Underground metal/non-metal · Original 16 To 1 Mine Inc · MSHA ID 0404313
    Abandoned
  11. Triple Pocket Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Fred Anderson · MSHA ID 0405856
    Abandoned
  12. CARSON SHOP AREA/RUBY MILL SITE
    Facility metal/non-metal · Brush Creek Mining & Development Company Inc · MSHA ID 0405326
    Abandoned
  13. Hilda Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Golden Portal Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0404821
    Abandoned
  14. Taber Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Big Pine Mining LLC · MSHA ID 0404615
    Abandoned
  15. Old Smith Family Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Ernie Peachay · MSHA ID 0405820
    Abandoned
  16. NORTH FORK MINE
    Underground metal/non-metal · NORTH FORK MINING CORP · MSHA ID 0405602
    Abandoned
  17. Alchemist Mine Group
    Underground metal/non-metal · Alchemist Mining Group · MSHA ID 0405670
    Abandoned
  18. Arcade Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Edwin H Bruning · MSHA ID 0404321
    Abandoned
  19. Arkansas Flat
    Surface metal/non-metal · San Leandro Color Associates · MSHA ID 0404296
    Abandoned
  20. Backless Drift
    Underground metal/non-metal · H D Rue Lessee · MSHA ID 0404251
    Abandoned
  21. Bellevue
    Underground metal/non-metal · Fred B Quimby Mining Construction · MSHA ID 0404670
    Abandoned
  22. Big Boulder
    Underground metal/non-metal · Mining & Exploration Corp · MSHA ID 0404600
    Abandoned
  23. BLUE LAKE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tom Hallis · MSHA ID 0405297
    Abandoned
  24. Blue Range Placer Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Underground Placer Associates · MSHA ID 0404727
    Abandoned
  25. Buttes Saddle Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Derry Michner & Boothe Inc · MSHA ID 0404660
    Abandoned
  26. Cenozoic
    Surface metal/non-metal · Youngquist Mine Develoment & Consultation Inc · MSHA ID 0404681
    Abandoned
  27. Craycroft Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Huber Mining Company · MSHA ID 0404712
    Abandoned
  28. Deep Moon Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · George Sedelmeir · MSHA ID 0404595
    Abandoned
  29. DEPOT HILL MINE & MILL
    Surface metal/non-metal · Diablo Gold Ltd · MSHA ID 0404087
    Abandoned
  30. Digmore
    Underground metal/non-metal · Digmore Mining Company · MSHA ID 0405657
    Abandoned
  31. Drifted Snow Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Barney Green · MSHA ID 0404217
    Abandoned
  32. Eagle Bird
    Underground metal/non-metal · Eagle Bird Mining Co., LLC · MSHA ID 0405869
    Abandoned
  33. El Dorado - Plumbago Mines Consolidated
    Underground metal/non-metal · Lion Mines Ltd (Usa) · MSHA ID 0404070
    Abandoned
  34. Empire Quartz Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Lincoln Resources Inc · MSHA ID 0404307
    Abandoned
  35. Eureka Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Daniel Holloway · MSHA ID 0404221
    Abandoned
  36. Finney Cut
    Underground metal/non-metal · High Sierra Development Inc · MSHA ID 0404664
    Abandoned
  37. Four Hills Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Four Hills Mining Company · MSHA ID 0404406
    Abandoned
  38. Gold Drift Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Gold Drift Mine · MSHA ID 0404940
    Abandoned
  39. Gold Point Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Kenrell Mineral Resources Inc · MSHA ID 0404413
    Abandoned
  40. Gold Point Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Sierra Gold Development Inc · MSHA ID 0404922
    Abandoned
  41. Golden Crown
    Underground metal/non-metal · Golden West Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0404234
    Abandoned
  42. Golden Lion
    Underground metal/non-metal · Golden Lion Mining Corp · MSHA ID 0404259
    Abandoned
  43. Golden Slide Mines
    Surface metal/non-metal · M W Ricci · MSHA ID 0403906
    Abandoned
  44. Green Frog Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Mc Leod & Posten · MSHA ID 0404314
    Abandoned
  45. Grizzley Peak Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Alaskan Peak Mining Company · MSHA ID 0404547
    Abandoned
  46. Harpe Avalanche Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Harpe Avalanche Mines Inc · MSHA ID 0404880
    Abandoned
  47. Hath-Reich Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · R A Jones & Associates · MSHA ID 0404817
    Abandoned
  48. Holly Peak Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Rial Mining Company (Limited Partnership) · MSHA ID 0404511
    Abandoned
  49. Hutton Drift
    Underground metal/non-metal · H D Rue-Lessee · MSHA ID 0404291
    Abandoned
  50. Indian Hill Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Leonard Gould · MSHA ID 0404255
    Abandoned
  51. Iron Door
    Underground metal/non-metal · Chris Apostol & Associates · MSHA ID 0404415
    Abandoned
  52. Iron Tail Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Iron Tail Mining Company · MSHA ID 0404403
    Abandoned
  53. Kate Hardy
    Underground metal/non-metal · Brush Creek Mining & Development Company Inc · MSHA ID 0401285
    Abandoned
  54. Keystone Placer
    Surface metal/non-metal · Don Williams Mining Company · MSHA ID 0404302
    Abandoned
  55. Live Yankee No 2
    Underground metal/non-metal · D C Brown · MSHA ID 0404324
    Abandoned
  56. Locke Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Advance Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0404439
    Abandoned
  57. Maple Grove Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Blue Gravel Mines · MSHA ID 0405680
    Abandoned
  58. Mayflower
    Underground metal/non-metal · Mel Allenbaugh · MSHA ID 0404250
    Abandoned
  59. Minnie D Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Morning Glory Gold Mines · MSHA ID 0404312
    Abandoned
  60. MOORE QUARTZ
    Underground metal/non-metal · Eagle Mining & Engineering · MSHA ID 0405295
    Abandoned
  61. Morning Glory Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Morning Glory Gold Mines · MSHA ID 0404311
    Abandoned
  62. MT VERNON
    Underground metal/non-metal · River Resources LLC · MSHA ID 0404088
    Abandoned
  63. No Bucks
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jim Kimbriel · MSHA ID 0404414
    Abandoned
  64. OROFLAME QUARTZ MINE
    Underground metal/non-metal · Oroflame Mine · MSHA ID 0404322
    Abandoned
  65. Plumbago Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Norsemont Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0404598
    Abandoned
  66. Primrose Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Sierra Nevada Gold Inc · MSHA ID 0404623
    Abandoned
  67. Roads End Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Geo Placers Inc · MSHA ID 0404713
    Abandoned
  68. Shamrock Lode Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Marshall Earth Resources Inc · MSHA ID 0404594
    Abandoned
  69. Shannon Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Multiple Mining Development Ltd · MSHA ID 0404372
    Abandoned
  70. Sierra Gold
    Underground metal/non-metal · Alfred Mitchell · MSHA ID 0404641
    Abandoned
  71. Sierra Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sierra Mines Company · MSHA ID 0404303
    Abandoned
  72. Silver Dollar Gold Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Silver Dollar Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0404633
    Abandoned
  73. Sol Wood
    Underground metal/non-metal · Sol Wood Mine Company Inc · MSHA ID 0405199
    Abandoned
  74. Solwoods Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Solwoods Mine Company · MSHA ID 0404309
    Abandoned
  75. Sunnyside Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Condor Company · MSHA ID 0404330
    Abandoned
  76. Telegraph Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Telegraph Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0402969
    Abandoned
  77. Whiskey Creek No 1
    Underground metal/non-metal · Whiskey Creek No 1 · MSHA ID 0404317
    Abandoned
  78. White Bear Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · White Bear Associates · MSHA ID 0404522
    Abandoned
  79. Winkeye Consolidated Mines
    Surface metal/non-metal · Winkeye Consolidated Mines · MSHA ID 0404537
    Abandoned
  80. Yellow Jacket Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · E Frost · MSHA ID 0404326
    Abandoned
  81. Yuba #1 & #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Neocene Explorations · MSHA ID 0404216
    Abandoned
  82. Yuba No 1 & No 2 Underground
    Underground metal/non-metal · Neocene Explorations · MSHA ID 0404593
    Abandoned

Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.

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How to read these numbers

The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.