Alma Placer & Leaching Plant

Occurrence in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10118386
MRDS ID DC00282
MAS/MILS ID 0080930033
Record type Site
Current site name Alma Placer & Leaching Plant
Alternate or previous names Alma Placer
Related records 10091016

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.057, 39.28829 (WGS84)
Elevation 3120
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 009 S 078 W 12 N2 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.057, 39.28829

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Timberline Enterprises
    ID 502577
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLO DIV OF MINES,A SUMMARY OF MINERAL ACTIVITIES IN COLO

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS USING CURRENT MSHA SHEETS 3-80

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-DEC-1996 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 09/23/1982
MSHA mine ID0502577
Mine name (MSHA)Alma Placer
Current operatorTimberline Enterprises
Current controller (parent)Reid Gordon P-Arnold W Spielman
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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