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Historic gold producers in Colfax County (USGS)

USGS records 29 historic gold producers in Colfax County: 29 past producers and 0 listed as producers or plants. For 15 of them USGS gives an output size (1 medium, 14 small). Production years are recorded for 13 sites, from 1868 to 1950.

Show the 29 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Aztec Mine	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Bismuth, Tellurium	1868 to 1940
French Henry Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Copper	1875 to 1937
Black Horse Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Copper	1885 to 1950
Ajax Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	1895 to 1940
Free Gold and Emerald Claims	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	1895
Deep Tunnel	Past producer	small	Gold, Molybdenum, Silver, Copper	1919
Cimarroncito District	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Copper, Bismuth, Lead	to 1939
Elizabethtown - Baldy District	Past producer	small	Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Nickel, Tungsten, Uranium	found 1866
Golden Era Group	Past producer	small	Silver, Tungsten, Gold	to 1918
Iron Mountains Prospects	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Iron	n/a
Legal Tender Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Silver	to 1937
Montezuma Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Silver	to 1939
Mystic Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum	to 1917
Rebel Chief Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold	to 1939
Red Bandana Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead	to 1942
Ajax Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Iron	n/a
Aztec Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Black Horse Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bull of the Woods Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Chester Claim	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
French Henry Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Era Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Iron Mountain Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Iron	n/a
Legal Tender Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Montezuma Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Paragon Claim	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rebel Chief Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Red Bandanna Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Smuggler Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, 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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