The Treasure Mine is located just off of Treasure Gulch, well above 10,000 feet elevation. The Treasure Claim covers a rich old gold and silver mine that has all but been forgotten. It is a large old operation centered around a single adit. The remains of an old cabin and workshop up on the mine flats are quickly vanishing. The claim is rarely if ever visited. An old steel Gasoline sign is a found just inside the old adit entrance as a testament to this.

A good 2WD road runs just below the mine, but it’s difficult to make out the mine tailings from the road. The old road up to the claim has not been used in years, and would likely require an approved notice of operation to reclaim. The old road wraps all the way up to the mine claim flat and allows for parking just outside the mine entrance.

There has been a form of closure executed at the mine. It would take a few guys a few hours to clear the entrance to a passable state. The old Treasure mine is shown as a gold and silver producer on MRDS.

34 miles from Westcliffe, Colorado, USA, on easy 2WD road.

This is a full 20 acre lode mining claim. The claim is located over the old Treasure Mine in Custer County, Colorado. At an elevation of over 10,000? this mine will get snow during the winter months. Spring, Summer and Fall are ideal months and there are all the resources you could ask for.

A well maintained 2WD road leads to the base of the old mine road. From there you will need 4WD to make it through the tall weeds and up to the mine. The mine access road is currently closed to vehicles, but could be opened for the claimant with an approved Notice of Operations.

The claim contains a single mine and mine camp. It is estimated that the mine was last worked in the 1940’s, based off the old gasoline steel signs that are reinforcing the adit entrance. This is a gold mine with some silver, but primarily free milling gold was recovered.

There is wood, timber and water available on the claim.

USGS information on the mine(s)
Commodities:
Silver – Primary
Gold – Primary
Copper – Tertiary
Deposit model name
Epithermal veins
Host Rock
Metamorphic Rock – Gneiss
Ore control descriptions
Deer Peak Volcanic Center, Northeast-Trending Fault
Comment on the workings information
Tunnel

It is estimated that the mine was last worked in the 1940’s, based off the old gasoline steel signs that are reinforcing the adit entrance. This is a gold mine with some silver, but primarily free milling gold was recovered.