Gunnison County Gold Panning

Source: Gold Fever Prospecting — Colorado Gold Panning Locations. Compiled by Tom Ashworth (Prospectors Cache / goldfeverprospecting.com). Documented placer gold or recreational panning area. Map coordinates are approximate (county centroid or geocoded place name). Verify claim status, private land, and current regulations before prospecting. Gunnison County is on the west of the Continental Divide. Gunnison County produced 130,000 gold ounces, mostly from lode mines, but with unrecorded placer gold production between 1861 and 1880. The main area of interest is in North part of county, all area gulches, have placers. I dredge in Washington Gulch many years ago and it was productive. This was also the site of first gold discovery. Many placer workings were not recorded.