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Gold in Chaffee County, Colorado

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 160 gold occurrences in Chaffee County — 135 of them past or active producers. Below is that record, readable: the documented sites, and the live map that puts claims, creeks, roads and geology under every one of them.

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Chaffee County by the numbers

160recorded gold occurrences
135past & active gold producers
20recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

Producers first, then prospects and occurrences — each links into the live map of that exact ground:

SiteStatusType
Alie BellePast producer—
Alpha and BetaPast producer—
American FlagPast producer—
American Flag MineProducer—
AnacondaPast producer—
Annie CPast producer—
AztecPast producer—
Baal BeckPast producer—
BancroftPast producer—
Banker MinePast producer—
Bell of GranitePast producer—
BetsyPast producer—
Big Chief TunnelPast producer—
Blakes Wonder PlacerPast producer—
BuckPast producer—
Buckhorn TunPast producer—
Bwlchgoch MinePast producer—
Cache CreekPast producer—
Cache Creek Park PlacersPast producerplacer
Carey MillPast producer—
Cinderella South MinePast producer—
Cleora DistrictPast producerlode (vein), pegmatitic
ColumbinePast producer—
Copper KingPast producer—
Copper King MinePast producer—
CretePast producer—
DangerfieldPast producer—
Delay TunnelPast producer—
DesdemonaPast producer—
Detroit MinePast producer—

Showing the top 30 of 160 recorded gold occurrences — every one is on the live map.

What this can — and can't — tell you

The public record shows where gold was documented, claimed and produced. It cannot tell you what's left, whether a specific creek still carries color, or that any spot will pay. What it CAN do is stack the odds: known sources upslope, the creeks that drain them, what's already claimed, and the bedrock — read together. Always verify claim status with BLM and land rules before you dig. Information, not advice.

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Learn the method

The dots are the record. The method is how you read them: