Gold mines in Montrose County that are not abandoned
| Mine | Type | MSHA status | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bancroft Placer Mine | surface | Intermittent | 5 |
| Small gold operation (MSHA 0505209) | surface | New mine | 3 |
| Kichelmann 1 | surface | Intermittent | 2 |
Abandoned gold mine records in Montrose County
6 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.
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| Name | Type | Status since | Nearest town | Land | USGS record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fallen Timber Lumber LLc | surface | Jul 15, 2019 | Naturita | Private land or land not mapped as public | Unknown |
| Frontier Sand & Gravel | surface | Jan 5, 1989 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Jasper | surface | Sep 1, 1991 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Owen Uptain | surface | Aug 22, 1990 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Toltec & Granger Mill | processing facility | Aug 4, 1988 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Woods Placer | surface | Sep 8, 1978 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Historic gold producers in Montrose County (USGS)
USGS records 25 historic gold producers in Montrose County: 22 past producers and 3 listed as producers or plants. For 5 of them USGS gives an output size (5 small). Production years are recorded for 4 sites, from 1883 to 1975.
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| Site | USGS status | Output | Commodities | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cashin Mine | Producer | small | Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Uranium, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony | 1898 to 1972 |
| La Sal District | Producer | small | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Uranium, Antimony, Arsenic, Manganese | 1899 to 1975 |
| Oro (Naturita) Placer District | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver | 1883 to 1963 |
| Chipeta Placer District | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver | found 1884 |
| Cliffdweller Mine | Past producer | small | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Arsenic | to 1975 |
| Falcon Mill | Producer | n/a | Gold, Zinc, Lead | n/a |
| Amalgamator Flat | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Blake-Amalgamator Flat | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Cliffdweller | Past producer | n/a | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | n/a |
| Cottonwood | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Dolores Placer | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Good Bye Dan | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Hardscrabble | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Knaess & Young Placer | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Miracle Placer | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| New Cashin | Past producer | n/a | Copper, Gold, Silver | n/a |
| O'Brien Placer | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Pinion Ground | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Placer | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Red Canon | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| S.m.r. #2 | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Silver | n/a |
| S.m.r. #3 | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Silver, Zirconium | n/a |
| Unnamed | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Woods Placer Group | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Silver | n/a |
| Worcester Mine | Past producer | n/a | Uranium, Gold, Vanadium | 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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