THE SHORT ANSWER
U.S. gold is reported across five custody categories, not one vault
The U.S. Treasury reports 261,498,926.241 fine troy ounces of government-owned gold. Fort Knox is the largest named location, but the official total also includes Denver, West Point, Mint working stock, and bullion and coins held in Federal Reserve Bank custody. The monthly schedule is a location-level accounting record, not a public bar inventory.
8,133.5 metric tonnes.
Largest named location.
Fort Knox, Denver and West Point.
Latest complete local month.
OFFICIAL LOCATION TABLE
Reconcile every category before quoting the national total
These values are derived from the same eight-row month-end report. They should not be combined with a different month, a rounded facility claim, or foreign gold held in New York.
THREE DIFFERENT CONCEPTS
Location, custody and ownership answer different questions
Fort Knox, Denver, West Point, all-locations working stock or Federal Reserve custody.
A category is not a vault map.The Mint and Federal Reserve Banks can hold Treasury-owned gold.
Custodian does not become owner.The report separates deep-storage bullion from coins, blanks and miscellaneous stock.
Do not treat all ounces as identical bars.Official rows use $42.2222 per fine troy ounce.
That is not a live market quote.HOW TO VERIFY A CLAIM
Use a five-step location audit
- 01Capture the record date
A location balance without its month-end date can silently become stale.
- 02Use fine troy ounces
This is the official gold-content measure and avoids purity or gross-weight ambiguity.
- 03Keep all eight source rows
Do not stop after the three deep-storage facilities.
- 04Separate Treasury-owned from foreign gold
The New York vault can hold gold for multiple official account holders; those stocks are not interchangeable.
- 05Label what the source cannot prove
The aggregate schedule does not disclose bar serials, exact vault placement, purity-by-bar or a live assay.
PRIMARY SOURCES
Official records used for this guide
- Bureau of the Fiscal Service gold reserve dataset for the official location rows and fine ounces.
- Fiscal Service Gold Report for scope, definitions and statutory book value.
- U.S. Mint West Point facility page for the facility's storage and production role.
- U.S. Mint Denver facility page for official facility history.
- Federal Reserve ownership FAQ for the ownership-versus-custody boundary.
FAQ
U.S. gold reserve location questions
Where are U.S. gold reserves stored?
The latest Treasury schedule reports gold at Fort Knox, Denver, West Point, U.S. Mint working-stock locations, and Federal Reserve Bank custody locations. The complete total is 261,498,926.241 fine troy ounces as of 2026-06-30.
Is all U.S. gold at Fort Knox?
No. Fort Knox accounts for 56.35% of the latest reported total. Denver, West Point, Mint working stock, and Federal Reserve Bank-held gold make up the balance.
Which U.S. facility holds the most gold?
Fort Knox is the largest named location in the current Treasury schedule. West Point is second and Denver is third among the three Mint deep-storage locations.
Does the Treasury report exact vault or bar locations?
No. The public monthly dataset reports facility and location categories, fine troy ounces, form, and statutory book value. It does not publish vault coordinates, bar serial numbers, or an exact bar count.
Are Federal Reserve Bank-held ounces owned by the Federal Reserve?
No. The Treasury dataset labels them as U.S. Treasury-owned gold held by Federal Reserve Banks. Custody and ownership are separate facts.