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Gold in Montrose County, Colorado

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 45 gold occurrences in Montrose County — 19 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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Montrose County by the numbers

45recorded gold occurrences
19past & active gold producers
24recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

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

SiteStatusType
Amalgamator FlatPast producerplacer
Blake-Amalgamator FlatPast producerplacer
Cliffdweller MinePast producer
CottonwoodPast producerplacer
Dolores PlacerPast producer
Falcon MillProducer
Good Bye DanPast producerplacer
HardscrabblePast producerplacer
Knaess & Young PlacerPast producerplacer
Miracle PlacerPast producerplacer
O'Brien PlacerPast producerplacer
Pinion GroundPast producerplacer
PlacerPast producerplacer
Red CanonPast producerplacer
Red Canyon PlacerPast producerplacer
S.M.R. #2Past producerplacer
S.M.R. #3Past producerplacer
UnnamedPast producerplacer
Woods Placer GroupPast producerplacer
AkersOccurrence
AnnieOccurrence
Aurora Placer No. 2Occurrenceplacer
DenverOccurrence
Dolores River PlacersUnknownplacer
EmmaOccurrence
GouldingOccurrence
HobbsOccurrence
LauerUnknownplacer
Mary AnnOccurrence
Oasis PlacerUnknownplacer

Showing the top 30 of 45 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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