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Gold in San Miguel County, Colorado

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 225 gold occurrences in San Miguel County — 149 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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San Miguel County by the numbers

225recorded gold occurrences
149past & active gold producers
10recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

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

SiteStatusType
A1Past producer—
AjaxPast producer—
AlleghenyPast producer—
Alta MinePast producer—
American FrenchmanPast producer—
Argentine MinePast producer—
Atlanta TunnelPast producer—
AtlasPast producer—
Badger MinePast producer—
Bay State TunnelPast producer—
Black DiamondPast producer—
Black Hawk TunnelPast producer—
Black King MinePast producer—
BootjackPast producer—
Boston and NavitePast producer—
Bullion TunnelPast producer—
Butterfly MillPast producer—
Butterfly No. 3,4Past producer—
CalaminePast producer—
Carbonero MinePast producer—
Caribou MillPast producer—
Carribeau MinePast producer—
Cascade TunnelPast producer—
Cimarron MinePast producer—
Cincinnati ShaftPast producer—
ColoradoPast producer—
Columbia TunPast producer—
Commercial MinePast producer—
Court House-DynamoPast producer—
Crescent CityPast producer—

Showing the top 30 of 225 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: