Clear Creek County — Clear Creek County

Source: Colorado GOLD Prospecting (OoCities archive) — Prospecting Sites in Colorado. Compiled by Shawn Page; additional notes by Tom Ashworth and prospector reports (Tom Peden, Greg Ferris). Part of the 250-mile Colorado Mineral Belt — historically among the richest placer districts in the Rocky Mountains. Coordinates approximate the named town or district center — not a specific claim. Verify land status (BLM, state, private, fee digs) before prospecting. Located in the northcentral part of Colorado on the Front Range west of Denver. Clear Creek County ranks seventh among Colorado's gold producing counties, with a total of 2,400,000 ounces coming mainly from lode mines from 1859-1959, with primary production from 1859 to 1864 coming from placer deposits. The main area of interest is in the northcentral part of county 7 miles west by northwest from Central City in Gilpin County. The Alice district extends into Gilpin County and had a total prod production of 23,000 gold ounces from 1883-1959. The Alice Mine was first worked as a placer producer of 2,903 gold ounces then as a lode mine. The North Star-Mann Mine was a producer of 5,610 ounces through 1916 of lode gold.