Eureka District-Colorado

Eureka District-Colorado is a producer of lead, gold, silver, copper in San Juan County, Colorado, in USGS's medium output class. It is one of 214 historic gold producers USGS lists in San Juan County, and number 2 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Producer
Output class
medium (USGS class)
Commodities
Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc
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
60000402

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

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