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Historic gold producers in Pitkin County (USGS)

USGS records 17 historic gold producers in Pitkin County: 16 past producers and 1 listed as a producer or plant. For 9 of them USGS gives an output size (9 small). Production years are recorded for 5 sites, from 1879 to 1968.

Show the 17 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Independence District	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	1879 to 1951
Independence Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	from 1879
Mt. Hope Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	from 1879
Montezuma Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold	1881 to 1960
Aspen District	Past producer	small	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Manganese, Cadmium, Uranium, Arsenic, Antimony, Platinum	1882 to 1968
Aspen	Past producer	small	Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Platinum	n/a
Durant Mine	Past producer	small	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Limestone, General, Gold	n/a
Late Acquisition Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold	found 1881
Midnight Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold	to 1951
Alpine Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Galena Bell & Lincoln Pride	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Granite, Stone, Dimension	n/a
Gold Hill Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hope Mine	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Calcium, Gold, Zinc	n/a
Independence	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lincoln Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Gold, Molybdenum	n/a
Roaring Fork	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Ruby	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Zinc	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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