Digging into Colorado's mineral wealth. Claims, geology, and prospecting done right.
Rocky Mountain Mining has been helping prospectors, collectors, and outdoor enthusiasts stake their claim in Colorado's legendary mineral wealth. Our team brings decades of field experience across the Colorado Mineral Belt, from BLM claim filing to specimen recovery.
Learn Our StoryOver 160 years of mining history in the Rocky Mountains
Everything you need to know about prospecting in Colorado: history, claim filing, minerals, best areas, legal requirements, equipment, and safety.
A practical, step-by-step roadmap for new hobby miners in Colorado. Covers which mineral clubs to join, the mapping apps (onX, MyLandMatters, BLM LR2000) that keep you off active claims, the starter gear list under $250, and how to plan your first legal field trip.
The Crystal Peak district produces the world's best amazonite-smoky quartz combinations — and most of it sits on active mining claims you can't just walk onto. Here's the practical, do-this-not-that 2026 guide to legally collecting in the district through Colorado mineral clubs, Pinnacle 5 visits, and fee operations.
A 210-person town just bought 217 historic mining claims totaling 553 acres on Republican Mountain. Here's how Silver Plume pulled off two multi-million-dollar conservation deals in four years, and why it's a working model for retiring mining claims across Colorado.
