Facts
- MSHA status
- Non-producing since Jun 20, 2023
- Type
- Underground
- County
- Gilpin County
- State
- Colorado
- Land status (BLM data)
- Private land or land not mapped as public
- Nearest town
- Central City
- Operator
- BH Mining Company, LLC
- Website
- blackfoxmining.com
- Coordinates
- 39.8006, -105.5036
- MSHA mine ID
- 0504166
Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.
Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.
History and geology (USGS)
- USGS site name
- Bates
- USGS status
- Past producer
- Commodities
- Gold, Silver
Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10239134 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.
Gold mines nearby
- Cross Mine 13 mi · non-producing
- Consolidated Caribou District 13 mi · non-producing
- Alma Placer 47 mi · intermittent
- Hector Placer Mine 47 mi · intermittent
- Snowstorm 47 mi · active
- Box Creek Placer 66 mi · intermittent
- Willow Creek Mine 66 mi · intermittent
- Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mining Com 75 mi · active