Gold Mines in Summit County, CO: 6 Abandoned + 223 Historic

Abandoned gold mine records in Summit 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.

Show the 6 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
Bemrose Placer	surface	Jul 8, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Bengal Tiger Mine	underground	Sep 10, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Big Four Mine	underground	Aug 21, 1981	n/a	n/a	n/a
Gold Crest	underground	Sep 20, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Landslide	underground	Jul 21, 1983	n/a	n/a	n/a
Red Wing No 1	underground	Jan 19, 1981	n/a	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in Summit County (USGS)

USGS records 223 historic gold producers in Summit County: 182 past producers and 41 listed as producers or plants. For 6 of them USGS gives an output size (1 large, 5 small). The most common deposit type is polymetallic veins (3 sites).

Show the 223 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Saints John Mine	Producer	large	Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Cashier Mine	Producer	small	Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver	n/a
Lower Chatauqua Mine	Producer	small	Lead, Gold, Zinc, Silver	n/a
The American Placer	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Finding Shaft	Past producer	small	Lead, Silver, Gold	n/a
Sallie Barber Mine	Past producer	small	Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Arctic, Golden Beaver	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Atlantic	Producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Bismuth	n/a
Bell	Producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold	n/a
Bemrose Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold, Iron, Silver	n/a
Blind Tom	Producer	n/a	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Manganese	n/a
Brooks - Snider	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Buda	Producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Gold	n/a
Carrie	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cashier Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Copenhagen, Ida Belle	Producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Diamond Jack	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Don Pedro, Hunkidori	Producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Gold	n/a
Dunkin, Juniata, Puzzle, Ouray, Gold Dust, Washington	Producer	n/a	Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
East Shaft, Eldorado, Felicia Grace	Producer	n/a	Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper	n/a
El Dorado	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Fox Lake Mine	Producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold	n/a
Germania	Producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Gold	n/a
Gold Bell, Gold Edge	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Hamilton	Producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Lead	n/a
Hellen Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
I.x.l.	Producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold	n/a
Johannesburg Tunnel	Producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Gold	n/a
Last Dollar, Noonday Sun	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Little Fool	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Maid of Orleans, Jumbo	Producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper	found 1882
Maximus, Denver City and Little Annie	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Montezuma, Snake River, and Peru Districts	Producer	n/a	Bismuth, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc	n/a
Morgan	Producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Manganese	n/a
Mountain Pride, Laurium	Producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Old Settler, Toledo Tunnel, Fisherman	Producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold	found 1865
Ontario, Key West, Boss, Gold Flake, Fair Fountain, Bondholder	Producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc	n/a
Palmetto, Pacific	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Red Jacket Star of the West, Star of the West #2, Mohawk, Iowa,	Producer	n/a	Gold, Bismuth, Lead, Silver	n/a
Revenue, Brittle Silver, Delaware	Producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead	n/a
Roberta	Producer	n/a	Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold	n/a
Senator, Vanderbilt, Blue River	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Silver Wave	Producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc	n/a
Arrastre Queen Mine	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold	from 1881
Shoe Basin	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper	from 1914
Adrian Shaft	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Aladdin	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Allan Emory Mine	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper	found 1875
Alva	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
American Metels Incline	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
American Placer	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Anderson Tun	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Aorta No 1	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Arabella Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Arapaho	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Armstrong	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Axtell Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc	n/a
Bell Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Big Sally Barber F7t	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Boss Mine	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Boss Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	found 1955
Boston Mine	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Braganza	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Brain	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Breckenridge Mining District	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Vanadium	n/a
Briar Rose Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver	n/a
Buena Vista Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bullion	Past producer	n/a	Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Burke-Martin Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
California Bell Mine	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Callo Mine & Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Cally Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Carbonate Group	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Carrie,Bryan, J.B. Lodes	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Champion	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Climax Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Cole Peterson	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Colonel Sellers Mine	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold	n/a
Columbia Group	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Commodore Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead	n/a
Connors Mine	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Copeland, Garrett, Tangle Lodes	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Country Boy	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	found 1889
D&G Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Daisy G. Pooley	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Decatur Mines	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Delaware	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Delphos	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Dewey	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Dunkin	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	found 1895
Edna	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	n/a
El Dorado Shaft	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Elephant Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Elise Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Emperor Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Equity Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Erickson Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Excelsior	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Felica-Grace Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Fisherman	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc	n/a
Florado Mine	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Florence Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Fred & Will Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Fremont-Vineta Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Frey Placer Claims	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Frisco	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Fugitive Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
General Teller Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Glendale	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Gold Cord Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Gold Nugget Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Governor Mine	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver	n/a
Governor Mine	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Green Mountain Area	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper	found 1936
Harrison Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper	n/a
Hendrix Gold Mining Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Hi Ho Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Hidden Treasure Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Hunkidori Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	found 1880
Hunter	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Ida Belle Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Iowa Lode	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Iron Mask	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Jessie Mine	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold	n/a
Jones Gulch Claims	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead	n/a
Keystone	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Kimberly	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
King Soloman	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Kistler Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Kokomo District	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper	n/a
Last Dollar Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Leona	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Ling Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum	n/a
Little Artist Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Little Jumbo Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Little Sally Barber	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Lone Bug	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Louis D Shaft	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Louisiana Lode	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Lower Chataqua Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Lower Radical Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Lucky Strike	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Mark Twain Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Martin Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Maxwell	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Meteor Lode	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Michigan	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Mill Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Minikus,Olson and Assoc Site Claim	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Mohawk Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	found 1880
Monitor	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Monte Cristo	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Manganese	n/a
Montezuma	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold	n/a
Morgan Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Manganese, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Mozart Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver	n/a
Naperville Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
National Treasury Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Nettie B	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
New Shaft	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
New York Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Nickel Plate	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
North Snake River Mine	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Pacific-Gold Dust	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Paymaster	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper	found 1869
Pennsylvania Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Peruvian Mine	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc	found 1874
Player	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Poor Boy Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Preston Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Puzzle Ouray	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Quail Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Queen of the West Mine	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Gold	n/a
Radical Lode	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Rainbow	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Red Wing	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Richelieu Lode	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Rose Mine	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc	n/a
Rothchild	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Royal Tiger Group	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Ruby Mountain	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver	n/a
Saints John Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	found 1865
Sally Barber	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Sarisfield	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Selma Mine	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Siam Mountain	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Silence	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Silver King	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Silver	n/a
Silver Queen	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Silver Spoon Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Snowbank	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	n/a
St Elmo	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
St Johns Mines	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Standard #1	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Star of the West	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Streng	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Sts John Tun	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Superior Mine	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold	n/a
Tip Top Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Toledo Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold	n/a
Tommy Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Tony Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Upper Chatauqua Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Uthoff	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Victory	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Victory Tunnel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Walsh Incline	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Warriors Mark	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper	n/a
Washington	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Waterloo Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Weller	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Wellington	Past producer	n/a	Iron, Lead, Silica, Zinc, Silver, Gold	found 1887
Wellington Mine	Past producer	n/a	Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Cadmium	n/a
Whale Lode	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Wheel of Fortune	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Wild Irishman Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Wilfley-Kimberly Mine	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Willard	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Wilson	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Winter Green	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Wire Patch Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Wire Patch Mine	Past producer	n/a	Silica, Gold, Iron, Silver, Zinc	found 1882
Wire Patch Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Yellow Jacket	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper	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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