Riverside County, California has 10,792 records of mining claims on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and 678 records of mines listed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Quick Facts
- 10,792 records of mining claims on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
- 980 active mining claims
- 9,812 closed mining claims
- 678 USGS records of mines in Riverside County, California.
- Gold , Silver , Copper , Manganese , and Tungsten mines located in Riverside County, California. See All
Claims Summary
in Riverside County, California
- 10,792 Total
- 980 Active
- 9,812 Closed
Mines Summary
in Riverside County, California
- 678 Total
- 180 Occurrences
- 293 Prospects
- 4 Plants
- 201 Producers
Riverside County Mine Locations
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Recently Updated Mining Claims
Most recently updated claims in Riverside.
Mining Claims (BLM)
Riverside County, California has 10,792 mining claims on public land listed in The Diggings™. Of these claims, 9.08% are active while 90.92% are now closed.
Quick BLM Facts
- 10,792 records of mining claims on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
- 980 records of active mining claims
- 9,812 records of closed mining claims
Mine By Disposition
In Riverside
| COUNTY | Authorized mines |
|---|---|
| closed | 9812 |
| active | 980 |
Riverside County, California Mining Image Gallery
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Indian Queen, 1895 Courtesy of California Geological Survey -
Good Hope Mine, 1892 courtesy of Velna L. Teater © courtesy of Velna L. Teater Courtesy of California Geological Survey -
Gold Crown Mine, 1920 Clarence A. Waring © Clarence A. Waring Courtesy of California Geological Survey -
Good Hope Mine, 1892 courtesy of Velna L. Teater © courtesy of Velna L. Teater Courtesy of California Geological Survey -
Lost Horse Mine D.D. Trent Courtesy of California Geological Survey -
Hemet Magnesite Mine, 1920 C.A. Waring Courtesy of California Geological Survey
Historic Mining Records (USGS)
Riverside has 678 identified mines listed in The Diggings™. The most commonly listed primary commodities in Riverside mines are Gold , Silver , and Copper . At the time these mines were surveyed, 180 mines in Riverside were observed to have ore mineralization in an outcrop, shallow pit, or isolated drill hole—known as an occurance mine.1 Riverside has 293 prospect mines.2 201 mines were in production at the time the data was entered into USGS records.
Quick USGS Facts
- 678 records of mines in Riverside County, California.
- 293 records of prospects
- 180 records of mineral occurrences of observable ore mineralization.
- 4 records of mining plants
- 201 records of mineral producers
Mine By Disposition
In Riverside
| COUNTY | Authorized mines |
|---|---|
| Prospects | 293 |
| Producers | 201 |
| Occurrences | 180 |
| Other | 4 |
1 Grade, tonnage, and extent of mineralization for such mines are unspecified.
2 Such mines have some degree of development such as surface trenching, adits, shafts, drill holes, geophysics, geochemistry, or geological mapping to estimate grade and tonnage.
Popular Public Lands & Regions
in Riverside County, California
Land TypeTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive AcresTotal MinesProspectsOccurrencesPlantsProducers
Palen/McCoy Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
1,297
32
1,265
3,029.89
34
9
12
0
13
Big Maria Mountains Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
242
11
231
800
20
6
13
0
1
San Bernardino National Forest
National Forests
401
23
378
783.64
45
11
16
1
17
Pinto Mountains Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
35
29
6
599.14
4
2
1
0
1
South Fork San Jacinto Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
24
2
22
300
0
0
0
0
0
Joshua Tree National Park
National Parks
247
2
245
220
92
38
19
1
34
Joshua Tree Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
163
2
161
220
54
23
12
0
19
Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
495
11
484
211.6
60
49
4
0
7
Beauty Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
49
3
46
61.98
4
1
1
0
2
Cahuilla Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
18
1
17
20.66
0
0
0
0
0
Top Mining Districts
in Riverside County, California
StateTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive AcresTotal MinesProspectsOccurrencesPlantsProducers
Arlington-Ironwood Mining District
California
434
143
291
6,638.27
94
24
35
0
35
Virginia Dale-Pinto Basin Mining District
California
358
215
143
5,056.98
55
24
12
0
19
Eagle Mountains Mining District
California
554
426
128
3,547.24
18
5
3
0
10
Chuckwalla Mining District
California
161
44
117
1,306.78
146
113
11
0
22
Pinacate Mining District
California
39
14
25
601.98
61
29
12
0
20
Mule Mountains-Hodges Mining District
California
14
7
7
283.96
14
7
4
0
3
Santa Rosa Mountain Mining District
California
110
12
98
278.29
35
7
15
1
12
Twentynine Palms-Lost Horse-Gold Park-Hexie-Pinon Mining District
California
167
6
161
123.96
91
48
18
1
24
Pala Mining District
California
4
4
0
80
0
0
0
0
0
Aguanga Mining District
California
4
3
1
61.98
4
1
1
0
2
Top Owners
in Riverside County, California
CityStateCategoryInterest RelationshipTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive Acres
Kaiser Eagle Mountain Inc.
Desert Center
California
Corporation
Claimant
527
466
61
3,611.48
Sgm Mining Group
Arcadia
California
Corporation
Claimant
88
88
0
1,818.08
SE Mining Co.
Pomona
California
Corporation
Claimant
49
49
0
1,012.34
Welkin Gold Mining Co.
Arcadia
California
Corporation
Claimant
43
43
0
888.38
Lhoist North America Inc.
Fort Worth
Texas
Corporation
Claimant
86
43
43
818.48
Popular Towns, Cities, Etc.
in Riverside County, California
CountyStateTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive AcresTotal MinesProspectsOccurrencesPlantsProducers
East Blythe
Riverside
California
9,775
681
9,094
15,536.96
170
33
52
1
84
Blythe
Riverside
California
9,563
576
8,987
13,367.66
175
35
53
0
87
Calimesa
Riverside
California
1,993
215
1,778
9,006.43
174
40
55
5
74
Ripley
Riverside
California
6,967
369
6,598
8,625.52
173
32
61
0
80
Cherry Valley
Riverside
California
1,883
220
1,663
7,716.09
139
28
52
4
55
Midland
Riverside
California
5,403
148
5,255
7,159.6
199
64
79
0
56
Rice
Riverside
California
4,991
136
4,855
6,668.18
198
82
61
0
55
Desert Center
Riverside
California
4,044
502
3,542
5,028.36
194
133
16
0
45
Mesa Verde
Riverside
California
5,563
126
5,437
3,743.28
151
33
50
0
68
Whitewater
Riverside
California
2,001
88
1,913
3,377.60
146
60
39
2
45
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