Gold-Producing Districts of the United States
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Principal Gold-Producing Districts of the United States By A. H. KOSCHMANN and M. H. BERGENDAHL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 610 A description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 22 States UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1968 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY William T. Pecora, Director Library of Congress catalog-card No. GS 68-341 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price $4.75 CONTENTS Page California-Continued Page Abstract ........................................ 1 San Bernardino County ....................... 75 Introduction ..................................... 2 San Diego County ............................ 76 Scope and objectives ..................... ----- 3 San Joaquin County .......................... 77 Authorship and acknowledgments -------------- 3 Shasta County ............................... 7? Distribution of principal districts -------------- 3 Sierra County ................................ 79 Geologic relations ............................ 4 Siskiyou County .............................. 80 History of gold mining and trends in production- 4 Stanislaus County ............................ 81 Alabama -,--------------------------------------6 Trinity County ............................... 81 Cleburne County ............................. 7 Tulare County ............................... 82 Tallapoosa County ...................... ----- 8 Tuolumne County ............................ 82 Alaska .......................................... 8 Yuba County ................................ 84 Cook Inlet-Susitna region --------------------- 11 Colorado ......................................... 84 Copper River region .......................... 13 Adams County ............................... 87 Kuskokwim region ....................... ----- 14 Boulder County .............................. 87 Northwestern Alaska region ------------------ - 16 Chaffee County ............................... 91 Seward Peninsula region ---------------------- 16 Clear Creek County .......................... 93 Southeastern Alaska region ------------------- 19 Custer County ............................... 97 Southwestern Alaska region ------------------- 23 Dolores County .............................. 98 Yukon region ................................ 23 Eagle County ................................ 98 Prince William Sound region ------------------ 31 Gilpin County ................................ 99 Arizona ......................................... 32 Gunnison County ............................. 101 Cochise County .............................. 35 Hinsdale County ............................. 102 Gila County ,--------------------------------37 Jefferson County ............................. 103 Greenlee County ............................. 38 Lake County ................................. 103 Maricopa County ............................. 39 La Plata County ............................. 105 Mohave County 40 Mineral County .............................. 106 Pima County ................................ 42 Ouray County ................................ 107 Pinal County ................................ 43 Park County -,-------------------------------109 Santa Cruz County .......................... - 45 Pitkin County ............................... 110 Yavapai County .............................. 45 Rio Grande County ........................... 111 Yuma County ................................ 51 Routt County ................................ 112 California ....................................... 53 Saguache County ............................. 112 Amador County .............................. 58 San Juan County ............................. 113 Butte County ............................... - 58 San Miguel County ........................... 114 Calaveras County ............................ 59 Summit County .............................. 116 Del Norte County ........................... - 60 Teller County ................................ 117 El Dorado County --------,------------------- 60 Georgia ......................................... 118 Fresno County .............................. - 61 Cherokee County ............................. 119 Humboldt County ........................... - 62 Lumpkin County -------------------- ------ --- 119 Imperial County ......................... ---- 62 White County ................................ 120 62 120 Inyo County ---we---------------------------- Idaho ........................................... Ken County ................................ 64 Ada County ................................. 120 Lassen County ............................... 66 Bingham County ............................. 121 Los Angeles County .......................... 66 Blaine County ............................... 121 Madera County .............................. 67 Boise County ................................ 123 Mariposa County ............................. 67 Bonneville County ............................ 126 Merced County ---------------------L---------- 69 Camas County 126 &doc County ................................ 69 Cassia, Jerome, and Minidoka Counties --------- 126 Mono County ................................ 69 Clearwater County ........................... 126 Naps County ................................ 70 Custer County ............................... 127 Nevada County .............................. 70 Elmore County ............................... 129 Placer County -------,-----------------------72 Gem County ................................. 130 Plum= County .............................. 73 Idaho County ................................ 130 Riverside County ............................. 74 Latah County ................................ 133 Sacramento County ........................... 75 Lemhi County ................................ 134 CONTENTS Idaho-Continued Page I North Carolina-Continued Page Owyhee County .............................. Cabarrus County ............................. 212 Power County ............................... Davidson County ............................. 212 Shoshone County ............................. Franklin County ............................. 213 Valley County ................................ Gaston and Cleveland Counties ---------------- 213 Michigan ........................................ 140141 / Guilford County .............................. 213 Montana ........................................ Mecklenberg County .......................... 213 Beaverhead County ........................... Montgomery County .......................... 214 Broadwater County ........................... Randolph County ............................. 214 Cascade County .............................. Rowan County ............................... 214 Deer Lodge County ........................... Stanly County ............................... 215 Fergus County ............................... Transylvania County ........................ - 215 Granite County .............................. Union County ................................ 215 Jefferson County ............................. Oregon ......................................... - 216 Lewis and Clark County ...................... Baker County ................................ 216 Lincoln County .............................. Grant County ................................ 222 Madison County .............................. Jackson County ............................. - 224 Mineral County .............................. Josephine County ............................ 226 Missoula County ............................. Lane County ................................. 229 Park County ................................. Malheur County .............................. 230 Phillips County ----------------*------------- Pennsylvania .................................... 231 Powell County ............................... South Carolina ................................... 231 Ravalli County ............................... Chesterfield County ........................... 231 Silver Bow County ........................... Lancaster County ............................ 232 Nevada ......................................... McCormick County ........................... 232 Churchill County ............................. South Dakota .................................... 232 Clark County ................................ Lawrence County ............................. 235 Elko County ................................. Pennington- County ........................... 238 Esmeralda County ............................ Tennessee ....................................... 240 Eureka County ............................. -- Utah ............................................ 240 Humboldt County ............................ Beaver County ............................... 242 Lander County ............................... Iron County ................................. 243 Lincoln County .............................. Juab County ................................. 243 Lyon County ................................. Piute County ................................ 245 Mineral County .............................. Salt Lake County ............................ 246 Nye County ................................. Summit and Wasatch Counties ----------------- 249 Pershing County ............................. Tooele County ................................ 250 Storey