Home › California › Del Norte CountyRockhounding in Del Norte County, California Sniff around Del Norte County and you’ll be following old miners and prospectors. USGS records 422 named mineral sites here, not counting sand, gravel, crushed stone and clay pits.
Check access before you go. Most sites listed here are old mines, quarries or prospects, and many are on private land or active mining claims. Get the landowner's permission, check the rules of the agency that manages any public land, and never enter mine workings. Locations are approximate.
Sketch map Sarina (Past Producer) Unnamed Placer Deposit (Unknown) Unnamed Location (Occurrence) Unnamed Location (Unknown) Yates Beach Mine (Unknown) Crescent City Beach Deposits (Occurrence) Oro Del Norte (Past Producer) Unnamed Location (Unknown) Myrtle Creek Quartz Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer) Christensen + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Crothers Property (Occurrence) Copper Creek Low Divide, Rowdy Creek + 11 more nearby (Producer) Myrtle Creek Placer (Occurrence) Nels Christensen Mine + 3 more nearby (Producer) Hole In the Ground + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) Stone Corral Lookout + 3 more nearby (Occurrence) Black Prince + 15 more nearby (Occurrence) Gooch + 4 more nearby (Occurrence) Cooke + 2 more nearby (Occurrence) Aurora Morgan + 3 more nearby (Occurrence) Lind Mine + 4 more nearby (Producer) Oro Pino Prospect (Past Producer) Sweet Marie + 3 more nearby (Occurrence) Pine Flat Mt. Deposits (Prospect) Pine Flat + 2 more nearby (Occurrence) Diamond Flat + 2 more nearby (Occurrence) Bluebird High Point + 5 more nearby (Occurrence) Unnamed Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Gold Location + 1 more nearby (Unknown) Negrohead + 3 more nearby (Occurrence) Fairview + 4 more nearby (Occurrence) Del Norte + 6 more nearby (Occurrence) French Hill Chrome Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer) Coon Creek + 3 more nearby (Producer) George Whiston + 3 more nearby (Occurrence) Rattlesnake (Occurrence) Keystone (Past Producer) Mc Kee + 3 more nearby (Occurrence) Azalea Claims Perry & Miller, Applicants + 5 more nearby (Occurrence) Brown's Mountain + 11 more nearby (Occurrence) High Plateau Browns + 4 more nearby (Producer) Blackjack + 2 more nearby (Occurrence) Cleary + 7 more nearby (Occurrence) Antone Kaus + 3 more nearby (Producer) Coon Creek Coon Flat, Coon Mtn + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Fourth of July + 3 more nearby (Occurrence) Unnamed Location (Unknown) Carla + 2 more nearby (Past Producer) Rattlesnake + 19 more nearby (Occurrence) Pigeon Roost Spring Claim + 4 more nearby (Producer) Mud Spring + 1 more nearby (Producer) Five Diamonds + 7 more nearby (Occurrence) Crescent-Pacific (Unknown) High Plateau Mine (Producer) Dan Laterite (Occurrence) Ridge Claim + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Lower Coon Mtn. (Occurrence) Haynes Flat Haines Flat + 2 more nearby (Occurrence) Midnight + 5 more nearby (Occurrence) Big Five Inman No.5 + 6 more nearby (Occurrence) Bears Nest + 3 more nearby (Occurrence) Prudential + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Stone Deposit + 1 more nearby (Unknown) Unnamed Prospect + 3 more nearby (Occurrence) Cam Laterite (Occurrence) Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence) Zinc Saddle Gordon Mountain Group (Occurrence) Zinc Saddle (Unknown) Coon Mountain Group + 5 more nearby (Occurrence) Rebble Beach Area (Occurrence) Aurora + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Big Cut + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Big Flat Oro Grande, Oro Verde (Occurrence) Unnamed Location (Unknown) Big Flat (Occurrence) Red Mountain, Red Mtn. Meadow, South Red Mtn (Occurrence) Unnamed Location (Occurrence) Logan + 7 more nearby (Occurrence) High Dome Holiday Skyline + 6 more nearby (Occurrence) Chrome Hill No. 1 Theone, Hance & Webb + 2 more nearby (Occurrence) Unnamed Prospect + 2 more nearby (Occurrence) Wonder Mine Bienick & Martin, Applicants (Occurrence) Camp Six Lookout + 4 more nearby (Occurrence) Sunset + 7 more nearby (Past Producer) Big Dipper Camp 7, Bowan + 3 more nearby (Occurrence) Sunrise + 7 more nearby (Occurrence) Lone Grave No.1 and 2 + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Gold Location (Occurrence) Star Placer (Unknown) Big Red Mountain Chrome Mines + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Richey + 2 more nearby (Occurrence) Britten + 3 more nearby (Occurrence) Webb Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer) Oak Flat & East Fork Groups (Unknown) Mercury Location (Occurrence) Early Ray Group + 6 more nearby (Occurrence) Smith River Placers (Producer) Stevens No.2 + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Muzzle Loader Stevens + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) South Red Mountain (Occurrence) Monumental Consolidated Quartz Mine Probably Same As Continental + 9 more nearby (Occurrence) Tuesday Morning + 7 more nearby (Occurrence) Day Hawk Shelly Creek Saddle + 3 more nearby (Occurrence) Siskiyou Fork Trail + 11 more nearby (Occurrence) Monkey Creek (Occurrence) Hunters Luck + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Monumental Consol. + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Jenkins Brothers + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Higgins Mountain (Unknown) Unnamed Location (Occurrence) Ramage and Campbell (Past Producer) Doctor Rock + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Chromium Location (Unknown) Monkey Cr (Unknown) Higgins Mountain (Occurrence) Gilmore Claim (Unknown) Rattlesnake & Red Mountain (Unknown) Monkey Creek (Occurrence) C.M.S. Strategic Metals + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Unnamed Location + 2 more nearby (Occurrence) Ebon + 1 more nearby (Past Producer) Chicago Camp + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Sanger Peak + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) White Feather + 1 more nearby (Occurrence) Bee Quartz Prospect (Unknown) Jesse Chromite Prospect (Occurrence) Alyce & Blue Jay (Occurrence) Gold Location + 1 more nearby (Unknown) C.M.S. Strategic Metals (Prospect) Gold Location (Occurrence) Mercury Location (Unknown) Jumbo (Occurrence) Quartz Junction # 5 (Occurrence)
133 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 3 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.Woof’s favorite find
Crescent City Beach We picked it because its USGS record mentions 3 gem or collectible minerals (Quartz, Garnet, Gold) and 4 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as producer for Gold. Minerals mentioned: Quartz, Garnet, Gold, Magnetite. Approx. location 41.744, -124.171. USGS record .
Ask first: a USGS record doesn’t mean you can visit. Find out who owns the land and get permission before collecting.
Field cards: what kind of sites? 186
Occurrence The mineral was noted here, without development.
101
Past Producer Produced ore or material at some point in the past.
89
Unknown Status not recorded.
37
Producer Was producing when the record was made.
9
Prospect Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.
Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.
Mineral cards Gold Mohs 2.5–3. Soft, heavy and bright yellow; it doesn’t tarnish. Mindat
127 sites
Copper Mohs 2.5–3. Native copper is soft and turns green as it weathers. Mindat
71 sites
Quartz Mohs 7. Six-sided points; smoky quartz is NH’s state gem. Mindat
16 sites
Pyrite Mohs 6–6.5. Brassy “fool’s gold,” often cubic. Mindat
14 sites
Silver Mohs 2.5–3. Native silver tarnishes black. Mindat
10 sites
Agate Mohs 6.5–7. Banded, translucent chalcedony. Mindat
3 sites
Magnetite Mohs 5.5–6.5. Black and strongly magnetic. Mindat
3 sites
Garnet Mohs 6.5–7.5. Usually deep red, round many-faced crystals. Mindat
1 site
Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.
Minerals recorded here 90 23 12 8 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 Commodities 170 116 45 20 13 12 8 5 3 3 Sites (first 40) Site Commodity Minerals recorded Status Approx. location Hunters Luck — Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite Occurrence 41.994, -123.789 Edwards — Chalcocite, Gold Occurrence 41.819, -123.994 Zaar — Chalcopyrite, Gold Occurrence 41.913, -124.033 Doctor Rock Copper, Gold Chalcopyrite, Gold Occurrence 41.530, -123.780 Alameda — Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite Occurrence 41.969, -123.807 Tuesday Morning — Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite Occurrence 41.956, -123.822 Schofield — Chalcopyrite, Marcasite Occurrence 41.956, -123.798 French Hill Copper Chalcopyrite, Pyrite Past Producer 41.738, -123.999 Anderson — Chalcopyrite, Pyrite Occurrence 41.947, -123.806 Chicago Camp — Chalcopyrite, Pyrite Occurrence 41.925, -123.647 Old Crow — Chalcopyrite, Pyrite Occurrence 41.983, -123.798 Monkey Creek — Chalcopyrite, Pyrite Occurrence 41.897, -123.696 Call — Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite Occurrence 41.978, -123.804 Pigeon Roost Spring Claim Chromium Chromite Producer 41.680, -123.955 Mountain View Mines Chromium Chromite Past Producer 41.910, -124.056 Sunrise #1 and 2 Mine Chromium Chromite Past Producer 41.758, -122.879 Copper Creek Chrome Mine Chromium Chromite Past Producer 41.922, -124.038 Sourpuss Claim Chromium Chromite Occurrence 41.695, -123.955 High Plateau Mine Chromium Chromite Past Producer 41.928, -123.950 Gooch Chromium Chromite Occurrence 41.894, -124.012 Goose Creek Claim Chromium Chromite Occurrence 41.680, -123.935 Crescent Claim Chromium Chromite Occurrence 41.667, -123.936 Lucky Lode Prospect Chromium Chromite Producer 41.695, -123.955 French Hill Chrome Mine Chromium Chromite Past Producer 41.806, -123.987 Gilmore Prospect Chromium Chromite Producer 41.751, -123.878 Cooncan Prospect Chromium Chromite Producer 41.795, -123.897 Bar-Rick Mine Chromium Chromite Past Producer 41.661, -123.945 Contact Claim Chromium Chromite Producer 41.749, -123.975 Deleray and Rodgers Claim Chromium Chromite Past Producer 41.695, -123.955 Unnamed Prospect Chromium Chromite Occurrence 41.912, -123.901 Unnamed Prospect Chromium Chromite Occurrence 41.912, -123.901 Unnamed Prospect Chromium Chromite Occurrence 41.692, -123.959 Gilmore Claim Chromium Chromite Producer 41.694, -123.974 Angela Chromite Mine Chromium Chromite Producer 41.867, -123.979 Camp 8st. Patrick Chromium Chromite Producer 41.765, -123.879 Pine Flat Chromium Chromite Producer 41.981, -123.993 Billy Boy Hawkins, Divide Chromium Chromite Producer 41.753, -123.983 Inman No.2 Chromium Chromite Producer 41.675, -123.954 Star and Rough and Ready Chromium Chromite Producer 41.820, -123.994 Judy Mine Chromium Chromite Past Producer 41.927, -123.982
Fossil collections The Paleobiology Database lists 3 fossil collection records in Del Norte County. These are research records, not public dig sites.
Nearby counties Humboldt County · Siskiyou County · Trinity County · Shasta County · Tehama County
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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.
Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) . USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.
Updated October 2026
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