Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mining Com

Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mining Com is a surface gold mine in Teller County, Colorado, near Victor. MSHA lists its status as active since Nov 12, 1991 and records 514 employees. It is one of 16 gold mines in Colorado that are not marked abandoned, and the only one in Teller County; by employees it ranks 1 of 14 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Active since Nov 12, 1991
Type
Surface
County
Teller County
State
Colorado
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
Nearest town
Victor
Employees reported
514
Operator
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company, LLC
Website
ssrmining.com
Coordinates
38.7447, -105.1453
MSHA mine ID
0503695

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Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date.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
Teutonic
USGS status
Past producer
Commodities
Gold

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10167845 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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