Cache Creek Placer Area gold panning
Colorado. Recreational placer gold mining area.
Details
- Where
- CO. No street address stated. Directions
- Season
- Memorial Day Weekend through November 30 (motorized access).
- Getting there
- extending from the USFS boundary to Hwy 24 and including Cache Creek flows.
- Access
- Open to 'recreational' mining under visitor service regulations (43 CFR 8365.1-5); no motorized or mechanical devices. HAND TOOLS, HAND PANNING, HAND SLUICING only. Motorized/mechanized equipment of any kind is not allowed within the Cache Creek acquisition.
- Phone
- (719) 269-8500
- Website
- blm.gov
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management.
- Established
- First discovery of gold in Cache Creek Park in 1859.
Placer gold still remains in the area; open to recreational panning, sluicing, and a designated high-banking portion.