Gold Mines in Chaffee County, CO: 7 Abandoned + 163 Historic

Abandoned gold mine records in Chaffee County

7 records marked abandoned by MSHA. They are listed for reference only. Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.

Show the 7 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
Mary Murphy Mine	underground	Jun 24, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Nancy Cleo	underground	Apr 23, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Nancy Cleo	surface	Nov 5, 1976	n/a	n/a	n/a
Pioneer Mine	surface	Jan 11, 1979	n/a	n/a	n/a
Stewart Mines	surface	Jan 17, 1979	n/a	n/a	n/a
Top Of The World Project	surface	Jul 28, 1989	n/a	n/a	n/a
Yankee Blade #3 Shaft	underground	Sep 24, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in Chaffee County (USGS)

USGS records 163 historic gold producers in Chaffee County: 159 past producers and 4 listed as producers or plants. For 19 of them USGS gives an output size (19 small). Production years are recorded for 10 sites, from 1860 to 1959.

Show the 163 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
American Flag Mine	Producer	small	Gold	found 1901
Gypse Queen Mine	Producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	found 1901
Josephine Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Cobalt	n/a
Cache Creek Park Placers	Past producer	small	Gold	1860 to 1918
Lost Canyon Placer Deposits	Past producer	small	Gold	1860 to 1959
Unidentified Cache Creek Park Placers	Past producer	small	Gold	1860 to 1918
Cleora District	Past producer	small	Copper, Tungsten, Gold	from 1870
Stockton Mine	Past producer	small	Tungsten, Copper, Gold	from 1875
Sedalia Mine	Past producer	small	Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead	1883 to 1923
Iron King Hematite Deposit	Past producer	small	Iron, Gold, Silver	1885 to 1920
Turret District	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	1885 to 1925
Grand View Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Tungsten, Gold	1890 to 1905
Gold Bug Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Uranium	from 1900
Copper King Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Zinc, Iron	n/a
Free Gold District	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold	n/a
Golden Wonder Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hope District	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Independence Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Zinc, Iron	n/a
Vivandiere Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Copper	n/a
Copper King Lode	Producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Alaska Mine	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Lead	n/a
Alie Belle	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Alpha and Beta	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
American Flag	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Anaconda	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Annie C	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Aztec	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Baal Beck	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bancroft	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Banker Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Bell of Granite	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Betsy	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Big Chief Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Black Hawk	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Zinc, Gold, Lead	n/a
Blakes Wonder Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Buck	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Buckhorn Tun	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Bwlchgoch Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cache Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Carey Mill	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Cinderella South Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Clinton Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver	found 1904
Colorado Gold Mining	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Columbine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Columbus	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Copper, Gold	n/a
Copper King	Past producer	n/a	Nickel, Gold	n/a
Copper King Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Crete	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dangerfield	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Delay Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Desdemona	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Detroit Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Molybdenum	n/a
Doris Ruby Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Driscoll	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Edna May	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Elco Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Eleven Oclock	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Ethel Conconsolidation	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Eureka Mountain	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Flora Bell	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Florence Extension	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Forward Gold Mining	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Franklin	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Futurity	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Giant Eclipse	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Gold Basin	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Bottom Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Bug Claim	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Uranium	n/a
Gold Run	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Cache	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Calf	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Golden Island	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Good Hope	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Grand Duke	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Great Monarch and Marshall Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Gypsy Queen	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
H and H	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hawkeye #1	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Hawkeye #2	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Hawkeye #3	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Hawkeye Tunnel #2	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Hawkeye Tunnel #3	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Gold, Zinc, Silver	n/a
Hayden Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Herskberger Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Holdredge	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Holy Water Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Hyoraulic	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Independence Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Independent	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Indianapolis	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper	n/a
International	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Iron Chest Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Iron Duke	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Jasper Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jewell Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper	n/a
Josephine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
K O	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Kosmon	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Last Chance Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Lehigh	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lilly	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead	n/a
Little Annie	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Little Charm Mine	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Gold, Silver	n/a
M and W	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Majenta	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead	n/a
Maple Leaf	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Mary A Claims	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Mary Murphy Group	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper	n/a
Mary Murphy Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mary Murphy Mine	Past producer	n/a	Zinc, Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Manganese	found 1949
Mascot	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Matilda	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Missouri Boy Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Mizpah	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Modonna Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Uranium, Zinc	n/a
Monongahela and Fraction	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mount Harvard	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mountain Chief Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Nitrogen-Nitrates, Silver	n/a
Murcer Mercury	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
New Year	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead	n/a
New York	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Nutmeg	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ohio and Morningstar	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Ole Bull	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold	n/a
Page	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead	n/a
Pantle	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Penn Nevada Dredge	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pinyon Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Practical Gold Mining	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Pride of the West	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Raeanna	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rainbow-Eagle Bird Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Rarus Warrior Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Rocky Point	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Rolla	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Sawyer Shaft	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Sedalia	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Silver	n/a
Shamrock Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper	n/a
Shirley No 3	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Silent Friend	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Sitting Bull	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Smuggler	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Spring	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Stonewall Shaft	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Sunset	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sunset Shaft	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Tamarack	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Ten Broek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Iron	n/a
Tiger Lilly	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Tilden	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Tom Collins	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Tom Dick and Harry	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Trafalgar	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Turret Independence	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Uncle Sam Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Union-Carbonate Shaft	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Uranus Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Us Dredge	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Us Gold Suction Dredge	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Vivandiere	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Washington	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Yellow Bird	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Young America Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. Sites already matched to an MSHA record are shown in the MSHA tables.

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