Colorado Mining & Minerals

BLM Colorado Mining and Minerals

The BLM Colorado solid minerals program consists of locatable minerals, solid leasable minerals, and mineral materials.

Colorado's Locatable Minerals program has 10,380 active mining claims, 31 authorized mining plans of operations, and 33 authorized exploration notices for gold, silver, uranium, and other uncommon minerals.

Federal Unpatented Mining Claims or Sites are located to extract federally owned locatable minerals. The surface management agency is different depending on the location of the mineral deposit.   

Colorado's Non-Energy Leasable Mineral Materials program has eight sodium leases and one oil shale research, development and demonstration lease. Colorado's Salable Mineral Materials program produced 346,406 cubic yards of mineral materials such as sand, gravel, and stone with a value of $370,856 in fiscal year 2015.

Colorado statewide mining information

Voluntary Plan of operations

Voluntary Notice of Intent to Operate

CO_2025UpdatedMaintenanceFees

Maintenance Fee Increase for 2025 Assessment Year

For information about mining in a specific Colorado field office, please click on the tabs below.

Uncompahgre Field Office: Placer Mining Forms and Regulations

Recreational Placer Mining on Lands Not Subject to the 1872 Mining Law

Casual Use Placer Operations Notification

Attention!

The 2024 Assessment Year ends September 1st, 2024

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Bureau of Land Management
Colorado State Office

Denver Federal Center- Bldg.1A
Lakewood, Colorado 80215
Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. M-F

Our office has moved!

Please note, the Colorado State Office mailing address has changed to:

P.O. Box 151029
Lakewood, Colorado 80215

Mining Claims Information:

303-239-3770

Andy Senti Public Lands Information Center
(Public Room, general inquires, land status records, maps)
Telephone: 303-239-3600
E-mail: blm_co_info@blm.gov

Colorado State Office Dockets Library
(case file copies, patent requests)
Telephone: 303-239-3615
E-mail: 
BLM_CO_SO_Dockets@blm.gov