Gilpin County, Colorado

74 topographic sheets cover 20 settlements here, and 8 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

8 National Register listings published here, 2 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Colorado within the United States

Gilpin County within Colorado

What the record shows

553 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
8 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 6 buildings and 2 districts.
2 of the 8 listings were added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 20 populated places in this county; 20 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
Bain Cabin	building	2018	100002289
Central City Opera House	building	1973	73000474
Frontenac and Aduddell Mine Complex	district	2020	100005981
Russell Gulch I.O.O.F. Hall No. 47-Wagner and Askew	building	2011	11000903
Teller House	building	1973	73000475
William's Stables	building	1966	66000246
Winks Panorama	building		80000901
Winks Panorama (Boundary Increase)	district	2014	13001035

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

143 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 143 of them, burning about 33 acres. 18 started naturally and 2 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	79
Recreation and ceremony	19
Natural	18
Smoking	9
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Fireworks	2
Debris and open burning	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 July 2016	Smoking	5.0 acres	Central City Fire Department	UNKNOWN
9 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Pike and San Isabel National Forest	CRESTED BUTTE
21 February 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.2 acres	Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland	175 ROAD
2 February 2020	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Gilpin County	N/A
1 February 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Gilpin County	ARBUCKLE GULCH
23 May 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named
16 July 1994	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.2 acres	Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland	MOFFET TUNNEL
10 February 2017	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Gilpin County	UNKNOWN

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1986 to 2025

19 of 19 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 19 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $500,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Hail	16
Flash Flood	2
Lightning	1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 1998	Flash Flood	Black Hawk	$500,000	Heavy rain triggered a mudslide in Blackhawk. The mudslide blocked Main Street and caused an estimated $500,000 in damage to the Golden Gate Casino.
September 2013	Flash Flood	East Portal	-	Continuous moderate to heavy rainfall produced flash flooding. CO72 was closed from CO119 in Gilpin County to CO93 in Jefferson County. US 6 from Golden to the junction of US 6 and CO119 was closed in both directions due dangerous conditions from falling rocks.
August 1994	Hail	Rollinsville	-	Hail covered ground 2-3 inches deep in and near Rollinsville.
August 2025	Hail	Rollinsville	-	no account filed
June 2013	Hail	Central City	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	Rollins	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	Rollins	-	no account filed
August 2006	Hail	Black Hawk	-	no account filed
August 2006	Hail	Black Hawk	-	no account filed
August 2006	Hail	Black Hawk	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Central City	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Black Hawk	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Central City	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Black Hawk	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Rollinsville	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Rollinsville	-	no account filed
September 1996	Lightning	Gosik	-	no account filed
August 1989	Hail	not stated	-	no account filed
July 1986	Hail	not stated	-	no account filed

Mines and quarries

422 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 422 workings inside this county. 51 still produce and 371 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Gold	266
Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	104
Silver	62
Gold, Silver	42
Uranium	17
Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	12
Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	11
Tungsten	10
Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	9
Gold, Copper	7
Copper	7
Molybdenum	6
Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead	6
Lead, Silver, Zinc	6

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Anchor	Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	Occurrence	Molybdenite, Pyrite, Fluorite
Atlantic & Brighton	Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer	Underground
Babe of the Woods	Cadmium, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	1876
Bachus Group	Gold, Lead	Past Producer	Underground
Baltimore-#7391	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	1867
Barita-Hill Mine	Zinc, Silver, Lead	Producer	Galena, Silver
Belfast & Shamrock	Lead, Zinc, Cadmium, Copper, Gold	Past Producer	1863
Big Moon	Gold, Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Blackhawk District	Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Copper	Producer	COPPER - SILVER - GOLD VEINS, DISSEMINATED
Blue Vein, Winnebago, Campania, Deadwood	Gold, Tungsten	Occurrence	Gold
Bonanza	Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Uranium	Unknown	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Galena, Pitchblende
Calhoun-Wood	Uranium, Zinc, Gold, Lead	Producer	Vein
Carr Mine	Gold, Gemstone, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	1864
Carrol Mine	Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Uranium	Unknown
Chase	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Pyrite, Tennantite
Cherokee Mine	Copper, Gold, Silver, Uranium, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer
Chihuahua Tungsten Mine	Tungsten, Lead, Silver, Gold	Past Producer
Concrete	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold	Past Producer
Dory Hill	Iron, Niobium (Columbium), Mica, Quartz, Feldspar	Occurrence	Columbite, Feldspar, Magnetite, Mica, Quartz
Dory Hill	Niobium (Columbium)	Past Producer
East Calhoun Mine	Copper, Silver, Uranium, Zinc, Gold	Past Producer	1902
Ellis Lode	Gold, Garnet, Copper, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Evergreen, Gold Standard, Nancy Lee	Copper, Gold, Silver	Producer	Copper, Gold, Silver
Fairheaven	Emery, Silver	Past Producer
Fannie Mine	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper	Past Producer	Pyrite
Gallup	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper	Past Producer	Sphalerite
German	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Uranium, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Sphalerite
German and Belcher	Gold, Copper, Silver, Uranium	Producer	Galena, Pitchblende, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gold Spring Group	Lead, Silver, Uranium, Zinc, Gold	Unknown
Hill, Bunkhous	Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence	Vein
Ingram	Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead	Producer	Vein
Iron Mine	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Uranium	Past Producer
Kirk Mine	Uranium, Silver, Gold, Lead	Occurrence	Pitchblende
Little Melvin Lode	Gemstone, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer
Penobscot Tunnel	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	Producer	Vein
Pewabic	Uranium, Silver, Gold, Copper	Occurrence	Vein
Pewabic-Iron	Gold, Vanadium, Uranium	Past Producer	1871, 1872
Pittsburgh-Notaway Group	Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Sylvanite, Tennantite, Enargite, Gold
Prize Mine	Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver	Producer	Vein
Queen	Copper, Lead, Silver, Uranium, Zinc	Past Producer
Root Ranch Lease	Uranium, Vanadium, Zinc	Occurrence
Springdale	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Tennantite
Spur Daisy	Lead, Gold, Uranium, Silver, Zinc	Producer	Galena, Pitchblende, Pyrite
Spur-Daisy Group	Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Uranium, Vanadium, Zinc	Past Producer
Star	Tungsten, Lead, Silver, Gold	Past Producer
Tucker No 1	Gold, Silver, Uranium, Copper, Lead, Zinc	Unknown
Two Sisters	Gold, Silver, Lead, Uranium	Occurrence	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pitchblende
Two Sisters Group	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Uranium, Vanadium	Past Producer	1953
Unknown	Gold, Uranium	Producer	Vein
Unknown	Peat	Occurrence
Unknown	Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead	Producer	Vein
War Eagle	Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Agra	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Anchor	Gold, Molybdenum, Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite
Becky Sharp	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Underground
Chain of Mines	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Champion, Lone Star	Gold, Silver, Copper	Occurrence	Vein
Climax	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Gold, Silver, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Galena
Coeur D'Alene	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Gold
E and H Jelly Roll	Uranium, Iron	Occurrence	Vein
E and H-Jelly Roll Mine	Uranium, Vanadium	Past Producer	1955
Gasten Mine	Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc	Past Producer
Hillhouse	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer
Kirk	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Uranium	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Tennantite, Galena
Melrose Tunnel	Gold, Silver, Copper	Occurrence	Vein
Old Town	Gold, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer
Penobscot	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Root Ranch	Uranium, Iron	Occurrence	Vein
San Juan	Gold, Silver, Uranium	Past Producer
Velvet Valley	Gold, Lead, Copper	Occurrence	Galena, Pyrite
Vendome	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Wood	Gold, Silver, Uranium	Past Producer	1871
Wood, E. Calhoun	Gold, Silver, Uranium	Producer	Vein
Bullion	Gold, Silver, Lead, Uranium	Unknown
California	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Couch	Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
East Pewabic	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite
Egyptian	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gilpin Eureka	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer	Sphalerite, Galena, Chalcopyrite
Gilpin Eureka Essex Group	Zinc, Lead	Producer	Galena, Quartz, Sphalerite
Julia Lode	Gold, Silver, Lead	Occurrence	Vein
Margret Olive	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead	Past Producer
Mattie May	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead	Past Producer
Mcallister	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver	Past Producer	Pyrite
Missouri	Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Pyrite, Gold, Silver
Nation	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Old Town Shaft	Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	Pitchblende, Pyrite
Ophir Mine	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver	Past Producer
Perigo, Golden Flint	Gold, Silver, Lead	Producer	Vein
Pine Cone	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite
Robert Emmett	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Russell	Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer	Pyrite, Pitchblende
Seaton	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer	Galena, Sphalerite
Treasure Key Tunnel Williams Vein	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Occurrence	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
Widow Woman	Zinc, Lead	Producer	Lead
Adelbert Lode	Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
After Supper	Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Big Six	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead	Past Producer
Black Hills	Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Galena, Sphalerite, Pyrite
Crawford Shaft	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper	Past Producer
Downie	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper	Past Producer
English America Lode	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead	Past Producer
Essex	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead	Past Producer
Francis	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper	Past Producer
Gold Collar	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer
Grand Union	Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Hazeltine	Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Pyrite, Enargite, Galena, Sphalerite, Gold, Silver
Hubert	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer	Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite
Kansas	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer
La Cross	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper	Past Producer	Sphalerite, Pyrite
Schultz Wonder	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Topeka 482 Mine Dump	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer	Sphalerite, Galena, Chalcopyrite
Curtis Lode	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer
Cyclops	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer
Dolores	REE	Occurrence	Monazite, Xenotime
Dolores	REE	Past Producer
Druid	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Fourmile Gulch, Baltimore	REE	Occurrence	Monazite, Xenotime
Frontenac	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Producer
Gladstone	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Gold Dust	Silver, Gold	Producer	Gold, Silver
Grant No. 10,11,12	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer
Illinois Gulch Area	REE	Occurrence	Monazite, Xenotime
Jasper Cut Area	REE	Producer	Monazite, Xenotime
Justice	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Tennantite
Moscow, Essling	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer
Newport	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer
Shafer	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer	Pyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Tennantite
Silver Age	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer
Two Forty Group	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena
Unknown	Silver, Gold	Occurrence	Gold, Silver
Unknown	Silver, Gold	Occurrence	Gold, Silver
Unknown	Silver, Gold	Producer	Gold, Silver
War Dance	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer	Pyrite, Telluride
Bennett	Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer
Front Neck Mine	Molybdenum	Occurrence	Molybdenite
Golden Flint	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite
Golden Rod	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite
Jones	Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Lotus	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Tetrahedrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Mammoth Mine	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Mareau	Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer
Moose	Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer	Pyrite, Sphalerite, Galena, Chalcopyrite
Notaway East	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Tennantite
Nye Molybdenum Mine	Molybdenum	Past Producer	Molybdenite
Nye-Mathews	Molybdenum	Past Producer
Saratoga	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Producer
Silver Dollar Mine	Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer
Smuggler	Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer
Wilma	Molybdenum	Occurrence	Vein
Wilma Claims	Molybdenum	Occurrence	Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite
Aduddell	Copper, Gold, Silver	Past Producer	1869
Aurora	Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer	Pyrite
Chemung-Belmont	Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer
Evergreen	Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer
Freedom	Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer	Pyrite, Gold, Silver, Galena, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite
Grand Army	Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer	Sphalerite, Galena, Pyrite
Mackey, Annie, Fish	Gold, Copper	Producer	Vein
Alps & Delmonico Group	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Alps-Olympia	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Copper
Corydon	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Chalcocite, Galena, Sphalerite, Gold, Silver
Denango County	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Moon Gulch	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Mountain Monarch	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Pease	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Tacoma Tunnel	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Wautauga Shaft	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Black Metals	Tungsten	Producer
Chahuahua	Tungsten	Producer	Vein
Eureka	Tungsten	Producer	Vein
Glendale	Tungsten	Producer	Ferberite
Lake Fork Gulch	Tungsten	Occurrence	Scheelite
Lake Fork Gulch Foster Ranch	Tungsten	Occurrence	Scheelite
Little Rebel	Tungsten	Producer
Manchester, Nugget	Tungsten	Producer	Vein
Melvin Tungsten Mine	Tungsten	Past Producer
Andrew Lode	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer
Bon Ton	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer
Champion	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite
Gold Bug	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer
Golden Gilpin	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Producer
Grace	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer
Kelleher	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer
London	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer
Main	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer
Newkirk	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer
Bangur Shaft	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Pyrite, Gold, Silver
Becker-Bates	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Tennantite, Galena, Sphalerite
Buell Shaft	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Center Tunnel	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
East Williams	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Gold Reserve	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Iowa Girl Lode	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Kokomo	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Quartz Hill Tunnel	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Pyrite
Richardson	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Tennantite
Silent Friend	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Sphalerite, Pyrite, Galena
Stewart	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Ashland Mine	Uranium	Past Producer
Big Bertha	Uranium	Past Producer
Blackhawk Placer	Gold, Uranium	Producer
Bowman Lease	Uranium	Unknown
Central City, Cherokee, Carroll, Woodmire, Rara Avis	Uranium	Producer
Copper King	Uranium	Occurrence
E & H Jelly Roll Mine	Uranium	Occurrence
Elliot Mine	Uranium	Occurrence	Vein
Gold Chief Mine	Uranium	Past Producer
Golder-Passarella Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Pricilla Group Claim	Uranium	Unknown
Rara Avis	Uranium	Unknown
Root Ranch	Uranium	Producer
Telegraph Mine	Gold, Uranium	Past Producer
Unknown #1	Uranium	Occurrence	Pitchblende
Arlington	Gold, Silver	Unknown	1875
Barker	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	1860
Black Hills Vein	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Vein
Blaternick, Hill & Gold Tunnel	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Vein
Buckeye, Golden Sun, Fairhaven, Mellet, Lone Star, Moon Gulch, Pioneer	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Gold, Silver
Diamond Bill Gr.	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Gold, Silver
Early Bird	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Vein
Free Gold, Mareau	Gold, Silver	Producer	Gold, Silver
J. W. Prospect	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Gold, Silver, Chalcopyrite, Tennantite, Sphalerite
Mountain Monarch	Gold, Silver	Producer	Vein
Plateau, Bullion	Gold, Silver	Producer	Vein
Quindaro & Claims	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Gold, Silver
Rooks County	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Gold, Silver
Schultz Wonder Mine	Gold, Silver	Producer	Vein
Smuggler, Bonanza	Gold, Silver	Producer	Vein
Summit	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Gold, Silver
Swiss Tunnel, Officer & Sea Bird	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Gold, Silver
The Patch	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Gold, Silver
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Vein
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Gold, Silver
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Gold, Silver
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Gold, Silver
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Gold, Silver
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Gold, Silver
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Vein
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Gold, Silver
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Producer	Vein
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Vein
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Gold, Silver
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Producer	Vein
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Producer	Vein
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Gold, Silver
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Gold, Silver
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Gold, Silver
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Gold, Silver
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Producer	Vein
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Producer	Gold, Silver
Unknown	Gold, Silver	Producer	Vein
Ada Group of Mines	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Anglo-Celt	Silver	Past Producer
Atlantic-#691	Silver	Unknown	1878
Aurelia	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Bates	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Boodle Mill	Gold, Silver	Producer
Caledonia Lode	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Casto	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Central City Tailings	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Clinkenbeard	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Columbia	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Cook	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Delmonico-Alps	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Diamond Bill	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
F F F Mine	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Fish	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Fisk	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Silver, Telluride
Geiger	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Gettysburg	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	1860
Golden Cycle Mine	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Gregory	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	1859
Haywood	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Illinois	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Jess Lode	Silver, Gold	Past Producer
Johnson Prospect	Silver	Occurrence	Silver
Kent County and Rolls County	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Lode Star	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Manchester	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Perseverance	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Pocahontas	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Reider Mine	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Santa Fe	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Specie Payment	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Strayer Corner	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
American Girl	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Ashtabula	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Galena, Gold, Silver
Ayres Shaft	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Banta Hill	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Barnes	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Beecher	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Galena, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite
Bellman	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Belmont	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Bezant	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Blue Grouse	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Bobtail	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Boodle Mine	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Occurrence
Boss Mine	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Brookfield	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Brooklyn	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite
Burlington-Iowa Group	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Burroughs	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Camp Grove	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Gold, Silver, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Cherub Lode	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Colfax Mine	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Congress Lode	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Cuckoo Shaft	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Dewey Tunnel	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Diamond Joe	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Galena
Dyke	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Silver
E.H.P. Lode	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Edith, Mollie ,Claudia Lodes	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Eldorado	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Sphalerite, Galena, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Silver
Elizabeth	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Sphalerite, Pyrite
Fagan	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Federal	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Tennantite
Forfar	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Freiburg Mine	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Galena, Sphalerite
Gold Cup	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Gold Dirt	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite
Gold Medal	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Golden Opportunity	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite
Harker Shaft	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Hope	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Huckleberry	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Hunter	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Tennantite, Galena, Sphalerite
Incidental	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Indiana	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Ingram	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Jack Rabbit	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Kerry Cheif	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Keystone	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
King Mine	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Klence Fall	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Leavenworth	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Silver, Pitchblende
Little Annie	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Little Eola	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Little Johnny, Little Mary	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Lone Star	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Lost Lode	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Mackey	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Covellite
Macky Burroughs Shaft	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Mary Miller	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Meeker	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Galena, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Chalcopyrite
Melett	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite
Meteor	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Minnesota	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite
Morning Snow	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Nemeha-Cotton	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Newhouse	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Ninety-One	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Nugget	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Ok Mine	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite
Old Kentucky	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Ontario	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Oranoake	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Tennantite
Otte	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Perigo Mines	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Pettibone	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Copper
Petunia	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Philadelphia	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Phoenix	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Plateau	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Pozo	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Quaker	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Queen Bee Mine	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Quincy Bart Altantic	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Reliance Lode	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Rhoderick	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Royal Keith Lode	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Rp Ranney	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Sans Souci	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Scandia	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite
Sea Bird,Amanda, Garden	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Sixteen-To-One	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Galena
Smith Mine	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Snowden	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Specie	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Success-Meeker	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Tip Top	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Twin Sisters	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Ute Gold Properties	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Victoria	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite
Whiting	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Widow Woman Vein	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Galena, Sphalerite, Pyrite
Wolftone	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Wolverine	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Wyandotte	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Gold, Silver, Pitchblende
Air Line	Gold	Past Producer	Underground
Alice	Gold	Producer	Vein
Allbright	Gold	Past Producer	1859
Alpha	Gold	Past Producer
Amazon	Gold	Past Producer
Anna Mae	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Annie	Gold	Past Producer
Baxter	Gold	Past Producer
Bedford Couty	Gold	Past Producer	1866
Belcher	Gold	Past Producer	1872
Charcoal Charlie Vein	Gold	Occurrence	Vein
Diamond Lil Tunnel	Gold	Past Producer
Gamble Gulch Pine Cr.	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Geiger Vein	Gold	Occurrence	Vein
Gettysberg	Gold	Producer	Vein
Gold Reserve, Montana Hill	Gold	Producer	Vein
Leavenworth Gulch	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Linda No.1 & No.2	Gold	Past Producer
Lump Gulch	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Marshall Placer	Gold	Occurrence
Moon Gulch	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Mountain Chief	Gold	Producer	Gold
Nevada Gulch Placer	Gold	Past Producer
Power	Gold	Past Producer
Russell Gulch & Others	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Snowden, Golden Rod	Gold	Occurrence	Vein
Unknown	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Victoria	Gold	Producer	Gold
War Eagle	Gold	Producer	Gold
Wherry High Bar	Gold	Occurrence	Gold

Every populated place in the county

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

American City

Central City census division · 80422 · Near Colorado Mountain · Central City quadrangle

27 sheets, 1905 to 1983

No longer a settlement
Apex

Central City census division · 80422 · Near Whites Gulch · Central City quadrangle

27 sheets, 1905 to 1983

No longer a settlement
Baltimore

Central City census division · 80422 · Near Black Canyon · Nederland quadrangle

29 sheets, 1905 to 1983

No longer a settlement
Black Hawk

Central City census division · 80422 · Near Fourmile Gulch · Black Hawk quadrangle

29 sheets, 1899 to 1983
Central City

Central City census division · 80427 · Near Nevada Gulch · Central City quadrangle

27 sheets, 1905 to 1983
Cottonwood

Central City census division · 80403 · In Cottonwood Gulch · Black Hawk quadrangle

29 sheets, 1899 to 1983
East Portal

Central City census division · 80422 · On Arapaho Creek · East Portal quadrangle

28 sheets, 1905 to 1983
Gilpin

Central City census division · 80422 · On Colorado Creek · Nederland quadrangle

29 sheets, 1905 to 1983
Lincoln Hills

Central City census division · 80422 · On South Beaver Creek · Tungsten quadrangle

25 sheets, 1899 to 1983
Nevadaville

Central City census division · 80427 · Near Nevada Hill · Central City quadrangle

27 sheets, 1905 to 1983
Nugget

Central City census division · 80422 · Near California Mountain · Central City quadrangle

27 sheets, 1905 to 1983
Pactolus

Central City census division · 80422 · On South Beaver Creek · Tungsten quadrangle

25 sheets, 1899 to 1983
Perigo

Central City census division · 80422 · On Colorado Creek · Nederland quadrangle

29 sheets, 1905 to 1983

No longer a settlement
Phoenix

Central City census division · 80474 · Near Buckeye Mountain · Nederland quadrangle

29 sheets, 1905 to 1983

No longer a settlement
Pinecliffe

80471 · Near Boiling Gulch · Tungsten quadrangle

25 sheets, 1899 to 1983
Rollinsville

Central City census division · 80474 · Near Gamble Gulch · Nederland quadrangle

29 sheets, 1905 to 1983
Russell Gulch

Central City census division · 80427 · Near Davenport Gulch · Central City quadrangle

27 sheets, 1905 to 1983
Smith Hill

Central City census division · 80422 · In Smith Hill Gulch · Black Hawk quadrangle

29 sheets, 1899 to 1983
Tolland

Central City census division · 80422 · Near Boulder Park · Nederland quadrangle

29 sheets, 1905 to 1983
Wideawake

Central City census division · 80422 · Near Stewart Gulch · Central City quadrangle

27 sheets, 1905 to 1983

No longer a settlement

The vanished settlements of Gilpin County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.