Mines in Dolores County, Colorado

Dolores County, Colorado has 270 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 20 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is silver, with 102 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Dolores County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Blue Eagle Mine			Producer	MRDS
Dunton Hot Spring	Geothermal		Producer	MRDS
Geyser Spring	Geothermal		Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Underground	Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Ironclad	Copper	Underground	Producer	MRDS
Lone Cone District	Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead		Producer	MRDS
Montezuma Mine	Lead, Zinc, Silver		Producer	MRDS
Rainy Day Pack Rat	Uranium		Producer	MRDS
Rico Argentine Mining Company		Underground	Producer	MRDS
Rosebud Mine	Silver, Copper, Lead		Producer	MRDS
A. B. G. Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
Abg	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Albion	Sulfur	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Alleghany	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Allen Claims Group	Sulfur		Unknown	MRDS
Alma Mater	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
America Mine	Silver, Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Argentine	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Argonaut	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Argonaut Mine	Silver, Lead, Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Arrow Head	Uranium		Unknown	MRDS
Arrowhead Mine	Uranium, Vanadium		Past Producer	MRDS
Atlantic Cable	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Atlantic Cable Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
Aztec	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Aztec Mine	Silver, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Badger Tunnel	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Baer Tunnel	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Barlow Creek Mine	Vanadium	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Barlow Group	Uranium, Vanadium		Past Producer	MRDS
Belzora	Silver	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Ben Group	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Black Wonder	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Blackhawk	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Blaine Tunnel	Uranium	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Bloine Tunnel		Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Blue Bell	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Blue Eagle Mine	Uranium, Vanadium		Past Producer	MRDS
Blue Eagle Mine	Uranium, Vanadium		Past Producer	MRDS
Boyles Bros. Drilling	Silver		Prospect	MRDS
Broken Thumb	Vanadium, Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Broken Thumb		Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Broken Thumb Prospects	Uranium, Vanadium		Past Producer	MRDS
Burns Group	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Bushwacker	Uranium	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Butler Group	Zinc	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
C. H. C. Group	Silver, Lead, Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
C.h.c.	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Caledonia	Copper	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Calico Peak	Aluminum	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Calico Peak Alunite Deposit	Aluminum		Occurrence	MRDS
California	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
California Mine	Silver, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Calumet	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Carbonate Tunnel	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Christina	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Clan Campbell	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Como	Silver	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Copper Claims	Copper		Unknown	MRDS
Corkscrew	Silver	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Cowdrey	Sulfur	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Dolly	Copper	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Dolores River Placers	Gold	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Double Cross		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Eagle Prospect	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Eagle Tunnel	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Eighty-Eight Tunnel	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Emma	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Emma Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Enterprise	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Enterprise Group	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Enterprise Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
Eureka	Silver	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Eureka	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Expectation	Copper	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Expectation Mine	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Falcon	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Falcon Mine	Zinc, Silver, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Fickle Goddess Tunnel	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Flying Fish	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Forest-Payroll Mine	Zinc, Lead, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Forest-Payroll Tunnel	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Free Coinage	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Free Coinage Mine	Gold, Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Fritz and Erickson	Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Futura	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Futurity Tunnel	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Geyser Creek	Sulfur		Unknown	MRDS
Geyser Group	Silver, Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Glade Canyon Prospect		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Gold Anchor	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Gold Anchor Mine	Silver, Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Golden 1900	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Golden Fleece	Sulfur	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Grand View Group	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Graysill	Vanadium	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Great Western	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Group Tunnel	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Hand-Out	Silver	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Hess and Garren	Copper	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Hibernia	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Hicks	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Hope and Cross	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Humboldt Tunnel	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Iron	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Iron Clad Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Iron Dollar	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Iron Giant	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Iron Mine	Silver, Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Isabella Shaft	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Jack Wech	Silver	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Jeep	Manganese	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Johnny Bull	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Johnny Bull Mine	Copper, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Jones	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Jones Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Jones Tunnel	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Jumbo No. 3	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Key Group	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Kite Tunnel	Gold	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Lackawanna	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Larson	Silver	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Last Chance	Silver		Prospect	MRDS
Laxey	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Leila Davis	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Lexington	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Lexington Tunnel	Silver, Lead, Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
Lillie D. Mine	Silver, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Lily D.	Zinc	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Little Maggie	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Little Silver	Silver	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Little Susan	Silver	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Logan	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Logan Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Logan Shaft	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Lower Bridal Veil Canyon	Gold	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Lucky Boy	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Lucky Pine	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Lucky Strike Et Al Claims	Lead		Unknown	MRDS
M.a.c.	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Macpherson Drilling	Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Magnet	Iron	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Magnet Prospect	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Marriage Stake	Sulfur	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Mediterranean	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Modern Gold Mines	Gold		Unknown	MRDS
Mohawk	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Montezuma	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Montezuma Mine	Silver, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Mount Pleasant	Sulfur	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Mtn. Spring	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
N.a. Cowdrey Mine	Silver, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Negro Baby	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Nellie Bly	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Nettie	Silver	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
New Dawn Group	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Newman Hill	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Newman Mines	Silver, Lead, Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
Nora Lilly	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Nutmeg	Silver	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Onamo Tunnel	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Oro	Gold	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Pack Rat		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Palmetto Group	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Payroll	Gold		Unknown	MRDS
Pigeon	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Pioneer District-Colorado	Silver, Zinc, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Poor Boy	Sulfur	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Potter	Silver		Unknown	MRDS
Potter Tunnel	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Princeton	Sulfur	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Privateer	Lead, Zinc	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Pro Patria Tunnel	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Prospect	Silver	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Prospect		Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Puzzle Mine	Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Puzzle Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Puzzler	Silver	Well	Occurrence	MRDS
Rainy Day		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Rainy Day Mine	Uranium, Vanadium		Past Producer	MRDS
Ramco Acid Plant	Sulfur	Processing Plant	Unknown	MRDS
Ramco Claims	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Rancroft	Zinc	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Rand	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Resolute Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
Revenue	Gold	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Richmond	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Rico Argentine Mill	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Rico Boy	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Rico Con Middle Tunnel	Silver	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Rico Townsite	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Rico-Argentine Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
Rico-Aspen Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
Roderick Dhu	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Rosebud Group	Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Sambo	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Sambo Mine	Silver, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
San Juan	Silver	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
San Juan National Forest	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
San Juan National Forest	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Sawyer Shaft	Silver	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Shamrock Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
Shamrock and Atlantic Cable	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Silver Clad Mine	Gold	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Silver Glance	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Silver Swan		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Silver Swan Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
Skeptical	Silver	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Smuggler Mine	Silver, Gold, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Smuggler/almont	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Song Bird Tunnel	Silver		Unknown	MRDS
South Park	Silver	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
South Park Mine	Zinc, Lead, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
St. Louis	Gold	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
St. Louis Tunnel	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
St. Louise Tunnel	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Stephanite	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Sulfur King	Sulfur	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Sulphur Queen Group	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Sunflower	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Swickheimer Group	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Syndicate Tunnel	Gold, Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Teaser	Copper	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Telegraph	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Tomale	Sulfur	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Troy	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Uncle Ned	Zinc	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Uncle Remus	Silver	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Uncle Remus Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Union-Carbonate Mine	Lead, Silver, Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Copper	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Gold		Unknown	MRDS
Unknown	Silver	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Gold		Unknown	MRDS
Unknown	Molybdenum	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown	Lead	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Lead	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Silver	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed	Silver	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Unnamed	Sulfur	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Utah Claim	Silver	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Van Winkle	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Wellington	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Wellington Group	Zinc, Silver, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Wheel of Fortune Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Whim	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Wilson Peak	Molybdenum, Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
World's Fair	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Yellow Bee	Sulfur	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Yellow Jacket	Gold	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Yellow Jacket Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
Zero Mine	Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Zulu Chief	Silver	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS