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Gold in La Plata County, Colorado

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 145 gold occurrences in La Plata County — 127 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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La Plata County by the numbers

145recorded gold occurrences
127past & active gold producers
7recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

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

SiteStatusType
(Facility) Cumberland MillPast producer
American MineralsPast producer
Animas River PlacersPast producerplacer
Ashland-Ten BroekPast producer
Bakers Ridge PlacerPast producerplacer
Bay City MinePast producer
Black Diamond GroupPast producer
BlackhawkPast producer
Bonnie GirlPast producer
Brawner Tunnel & MillPast producer
BrooklynPast producer
Buffalo-Bristol ClaimsPast producer
ChampionPast producer
Champion Gold, Inc.Past producer
ComstockPast producer
Cunningham TunnelPast producer
DaisyPast producer
Daisy-Hibernia GroupPast producer
E.A.K.Past producer
Eagle PassPast producer
East Mancos River PlacersPast producerplacer
EsmereldaPast producer
Farmer BoyPast producer
FractionPast producer
Gold Bar PlacerPast producerplacer
Gold CoinPast producer
Gold KingPast producer
Gold King-Swamp AngelPast producer
Gold WedgePast producer
Golden GirlPast producer

Showing the top 30 of 145 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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