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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Producers first, then prospects and occurrences — each links into the live map of that exact ground:
| Site | Status | Type |
|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Cumberland Mill | Past producer | — |
| American Minerals | Past producer | — |
| Animas River Placers | Past producer | placer |
| Ashland-Ten Broek | Past producer | — |
| Bakers Ridge Placer | Past producer | placer |
| Bay City Mine | Past producer | — |
| Black Diamond Group | Past producer | — |
| Blackhawk | Past producer | — |
| Bonnie Girl | Past producer | — |
| Brawner Tunnel & Mill | Past producer | — |
| Brooklyn | Past producer | — |
| Buffalo-Bristol Claims | Past producer | — |
| Champion | Past producer | — |
| Champion Gold, Inc. | Past producer | — |
| Comstock | Past producer | — |
| Cunningham Tunnel | Past producer | — |
| Daisy | Past producer | — |
| Daisy-Hibernia Group | Past producer | — |
| E.A.K. | Past producer | — |
| Eagle Pass | Past producer | — |
| East Mancos River Placers | Past producer | placer |
| Esmerelda | Past producer | — |
| Farmer Boy | Past producer | — |
| Fraction | Past producer | — |
| Gold Bar Placer | Past producer | placer |
| Gold Coin | Past producer | — |
| Gold King | Past producer | — |
| Gold King-Swamp Angel | Past producer | — |
| Gold Wedge | Past producer | — |
| Golden Girl | Past producer | — |
Showing the top 30 of 145 recorded gold occurrences — every one is on the live map.
The free map shows every dot above. Membership opens the layers that turn dots into a plan — favorability at working zoom, active claims, land ownership, geology and the creeks that drain the known sources. The first 7 days are free.
The dots are the record. The method is how you read them: