Mines in Routt County, Colorado

Routt County, Colorado has 188 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 12 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 44 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Routt County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
1995 Cedarapids Crusher	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Foidel Creek Mine	Coal (Bituminous)	Underground	Active	MSHA
Gardner Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
McCoy Cinder Pit	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Cole Mine	Copper		Producer	MRDS
Hogue Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Minnie D.	Silver		Producer	MRDS
Thompson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
7d Tunnel	Zinc	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Ace High Claims		Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Acme Placer	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Acme Placer	Gold	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Apex #2	Coal (Bituminous)	Underground	Abandoned and Sealed	MSHA
Bear River Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Barnum, Hornet, Lamm Placers	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Bear River Sand & Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Bell Placer	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Bennett Mine	Coal (Bituminous)	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Beryl Mountain	Zinc	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Blackburn, El Capitan, Ben Harrison Placers	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Blue Jay	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Blue Jay Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Buffalo Pass	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Buffalo Pass Road	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Butcher Knife Mine	Coal (Bituminous)	Surface	Abandoned and Sealed	MSHA
Campbell Tunnel and Shaft	Copper	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Cap Smith Hill	Gold	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Colo. Mining Co.	Copper, Molybdenum		Occurrence	MRDS
Columbine Placer	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Concord, Belmont, Nettie Marrin Placers	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Copper King	Copper	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Copper Ridge	Copper	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Copper Spur	Copper		Prospect	MRDS
Dennis D Claims	Uranium, Rhenium		Occurrence	MRDS
Dennis D. Claims	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Edna Mine	Coal (Bituminous)	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Elkhorn	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Elkhorn Mine	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Emancipation Group	Copper	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Fair-U	Uranium	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Fair-U No. 1,2	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Farwell Mine	Copper	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Farwell Mountain Northwest	Copper	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Farwell Mtn.	Molybdenum, Copper, Gold, Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Floyd Peak Adit	Copper	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Frentress Gravel Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Gate, Jgb, Grover Clevland, Ben Harrison, El Capitan Placers	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Gold Bond, Keystone Placers	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Grassy Gap Coal Company #1 Mine	Coal (Bituminous)	Surface	Abandoned and Sealed	MSHA
Greenville Mine	Zinc	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Greenville Shaft	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Hahns Peak Central Area	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Hahns Peak District	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Hahns Peak Ne Area	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Hahns Peak Nw Area	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Hayden #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hayden Gulch Terminal Llc	Coal (Bituminous)	Facility	Abandoned	MSHA
Hornet	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Iron Mountain	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Iron Springs Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Joe's Mine	Coal (Bituminous)	Underground	Abandoned	MSHA
Johnnies Mine	Coal (Bituminous)	Underground	Abandoned and Sealed	MSHA
Keystone, Marrin Placers	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
King Lode Claims	Mica		Occurrence	MRDS
King Solomon Creek	Lead	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
King Solomon Creek	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Little Mountain	Gold	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Little Snake	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Lower Slavonia	Zinc	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Master Key	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Master Key Mine	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
McCoy Pit & Quarry	Pumice	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Meadows #1	Coal (Bituminous)	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Metso Lt106 Track Mounted Jaw Crusher	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Middle Creek	Coal (Bituminous)	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Middle Fork Lode	Silver	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Milner Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Mine 1 & 2	Coal (Bituminous)	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Minnie D.	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Oro Cache	Zinc	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Peabody Sage Creek Mine	Coal (Bituminous)	Underground	Temporarily Idled	MSHA
Poverty Bar	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Price Tunnel	Zinc	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Routt County Crusher	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Routt County Primary Crusher	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Routt Hot Springs	Geothermal	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Royal Flush Mine	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Royal Flush Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Seneca	Coal (Bituminous)	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Slate Creek	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Slavonia Mine	Mica	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Soda Creek	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
South Fork Soda Creek	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Southern Cross Mine	Silver	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Southern Cross Tunnel	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Steamboat Sand and Gravel Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Steamboat Springs	Geothermal	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Success	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Sun Mine	Coal (Bituminous)	Underground	Abandoned and Sealed	MSHA
Sunset Claims	Copper, Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Temple Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Temple Prospect	REE		Occurrence	MRDS
Three Forks	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Tipple #3 (twenty Mile Coal Co)	Coal (Lignite)	Facility	Abandoned	MSHA
Tom Thumb	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Tom Thumb Mine	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Track Plant 1	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Temporarily Idled	MSHA
Trout Creek	Coal (Bituminous)	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Trout Creek No 2	Coal (Bituminous)	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Twenty Mile Mine	Coal (Bituminous)	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Twin Mountain	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Twin Mountain Placers	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Clay		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Limestone, General		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Stone, Dimension		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Clay		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Stone, Dimension		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Gold	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Silver	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Silver	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Silver	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Silver	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Zinc	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Zinc	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Gold	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Silver	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Placer	Gold	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Quarry	Stone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Ways Gulch Placer	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Whiskey Park	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Zinc Mountain	Zinc		Occurrence	MRDS