Badger Creek — Freemont County

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Badger Creek — Freemont County

Gold Mining Site CO • Freemont County County
Description
Badger Creek is 8 miles southeast of Salida, in Chaffee County. If you go 4 miles up Badger Creek, in the gravel bars and benches you can find placer gold, with copper minerals. This area was one of my favorites to prospect when I lived in Colorado.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: freemont_co.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: BADGER CREEK. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Badger Creek is 8 miles southeast of Salida, in Chaffee County. If you go 4 miles up Badger Creek, in the gravel bars and benches you can find placer gold, with copper minerals. This area was one of my favorites to prospect when I lived in Colorado.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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