Animas District

Animas District is a past producer of copper, gold, silver, zinc in San Juan County, Colorado, in USGS's large output class. It is one of 214 historic gold producers USGS lists in San Juan County, and number 1 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Past producer
Output class
large (USGS class)
Commodities
Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead
Deposit type
Polymetallic veins
County
San Juan County
State
Colorado
Land status (BLM data)
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management
USGS record
60001031

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. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

This location is mapped as federal land. Public land is not an invitation to enter old workings. Ask the managing agency about access, claims and closures.

Gold sites nearby

296 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The San Juan County page lists the biggest.