Mine · Sierra County, California, United States

Mt Vernon

Mt Vernon is a closed mine in Sierra County, California, United States, owned by Thanks Elon LLC; Lazarus Mining LLC.

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

Fact	Value	Source
Name in the source	MT VERNON	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Location	Sierra County	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Closed (abandoned)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Commodities	gold (mainly gold)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Owner	Thanks Elon LLC; Lazarus Mining LLC (controls the operator)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	River Resources LLC	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Employees	3 people (annual average, in 2022)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Mine type	Underground	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	39.6306, -120.8136	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026

Research on this mine and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its permits, resources and offtake, and an introduction to the owner.

Within 50 km of this mine: 28 water rights (21 active), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
South Fork Feather River municipal and irrigation right A001651	Water right	145,508 acre-ft/year	Permitted	20 km
Milton Creek power right A027178	Water right	76,018 acre-ft/year	Permitted	22 km
Middle Yuba River irrigation and domestic right S013330	Water right	181,100 acre-ft/year	Active	23 km