Von Doose

Von Doose is an underground gold mine in Ouray County, Colorado, near Ouray. MSHA lists its status as non-producing since Aug 29, 2022 and records 1 employees. It is one of 16 gold mines in Colorado that are not marked abandoned, and the only one in Ouray County; by employees it ranks 14 of 14 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Non-producing since Aug 29, 2022
Type
Underground
County
Ouray County
State
Colorado
Land status (BLM data)
Federal land in a US Forest Service national forest or grassland
Nearest town
Ouray
Employees reported
1
Operator
Atlas Mining And Reclamation, LLC
Coordinates
37.9689, -107.6892
MSHA mine ID
0505136

Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.

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

History and geology (USGS)

USGS site name
Laura Dunmore
USGS status
Occurrence
Commodities
Gold, Lead, Zinc, Uranium, Silver
Deposit type
Volcanogenic U

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10009366 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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