Facts
- MSHA status
- Intermittent since Jul 10, 2026
- Type
- Surface
- County
- Montrose County
- State
- Colorado
- Land status (BLM data)
- Private land or land not mapped as public
- Nearest town
- Naturita
- Employees reported
- 2
- Operator
- Asteroid Explorations LLC
- Coordinates
- 38.2719, -108.4203
- MSHA mine ID
- 0505108
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Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date.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
- Lauer
- USGS status
- Unknown
- Commodities
- Gold
Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10191389 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.
Gold mines nearby
- Bancroft Placer Mine 22 mi · intermittent
- Von Doose 45 mi · non-producing
- Lucky Strike Mine & Mill 88 mi · temporarily idled