The Pine Creek area contains several historical gold mines including North Gandys, International, South Gandys, Enterprise, Czarina, South Czarina and South Enterprise. The largest mine was Enterprise. Approximately 750,000 ounces of gold were previously produced from the area, with about 80% of production from Enterprise.

Open pit mining commenced in 1985 and continued to 1994. A 100 person mining camp is located in the town of Pine Creek.

Mineralization at Pine Creek is associated with veins of quartz or quartz-sulphide, as well as being structurally controlled with saddle reefs and discordant quartz veins in faults and shear zones. Minor amounts of gold are also disseminated in the wall rock adjacent to quartz veins.