Gold Mines in Ouray County, CO: 1 Open + 141 Historic

Gold mines in Ouray County that are not abandoned

Mine	Type	MSHA status	Employees
Von Doose	underground	Non-producing	1

Abandoned gold mine records in Ouray County

14 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 14 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
Brooklyn Mine	underground	Aug 16, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Camp Bird Mine	underground	Aug 1, 1991	n/a	n/a	n/a
Camp Bird Mine	underground	Aug 11, 2014	Ouray	Private land or land not mapped as public	Past producer
Eldorado	underground	Jan 12, 1988	n/a	n/a	n/a
Gold Hill Mining Project	underground	Nov 29, 2013	Ouray	Federal land in a US Forest Service national forest or grassland	Occurrence
Grizzly Bear Mine	underground	Feb 14, 2000	n/a	n/a	n/a
Hancock	underground	Jan 8, 1979	n/a	n/a	n/a
Liberty	underground	Oct 12, 2018	Ouray	Private land or land not mapped as public	Past producer
Lower Mountain Top	underground	Sep 11, 2012	Ouray	Private land or land not mapped as public	Past producer
Mickey Breen	underground	Jan 4, 1980	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mountain Top Mine	underground	Apr 23, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Ruby Mine Trust	underground	Sep 10, 2019	Ouray	Private land or land not mapped as public	Occurrence, small output
The Mountain Top	underground	Aug 11, 2008	Ouray	n/a	n/a
Wanakah Mine	underground	Aug 13, 1987	n/a	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in Ouray County (USGS)

USGS records 141 historic gold producers in Ouray County: 139 past producers and 2 listed as producers or plants. For 5 of them USGS gives an output size (1 large, 1 medium, 3 small). The most common deposit type is polymetallic veins (5 sites).

Show the 141 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Bachelor Mine	Past producer	large	Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold	n/a
Sneffels - Red Mountain District	Past producer	medium	Copper, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Silver	n/a
Hawkeye Claims	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cora Belle	Past producer	small	Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Uncompahgre District	Past producer	small	Zinc, Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Barium-Barite, Antimony	found 1874
Revenue-Virginius Mine	Producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Arsenic, Zinc, Lead, Copper	from 1876
Idarado Mine	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc	from 1875
Red Mountain Deposits	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Tin	from 1884
Albany	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Alma	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Alpine Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead	n/a
American-Nettie	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead	n/a
Atlas	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Bachelor Mill	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Bailey Shaft	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bankers Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Barhoff	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Barstow #2	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Beaver/Belfast	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Belle of the West	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bi-Metallist	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bismuth	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Boston Sunday	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Brown Mountain	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Camp Bird Mill	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Carbonate King	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Charter Oak	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Chipeta	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Copper King	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Dallas Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Donald	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Dutton Gibson Lost Day	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
El Mahdi Almadi	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Governer	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Granger	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Greyhound Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Hero Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Hidden Treasure	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Humboldt	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Imogene Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Joker Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Jonathan	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Keno	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Knox Shaft	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Larson Bros Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Little Balm of Gilead	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Lost Day Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lucky Twenty Mine	Past producer	n/a	Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver	n/a
Lucky Twenty Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Magnolia Shaft	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Meldrum Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Memphis	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Midnight Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Monarch	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Monas Queen	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Mountain King	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Mountain Queen	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Old Kentucky	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Orphan Boy	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Park Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Paymaster	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Pony Express Mine	Past producer	n/a	Barium-Barite, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Portland Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rainbow Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Rouville	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	n/a
San Antonio	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
San Bernadino	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
San Pedro	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Schofield	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Seniorita	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Silver Bell Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Silver King	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Silver Mountain Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
South Dakota	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
St Lawerance	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Sunrise Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Sutton Mill	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Sweepstakes	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Syracuse Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Terrible	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper	n/a
Tip Top	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Topeka #1	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Topeka #2	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Treasury Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Uncle Sam	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Unknown	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Vanderbilt	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Vernon Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Virginius	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Wheel of Fortune	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
White Cloud	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Yankee	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Yellow Rose Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	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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