Mine detail: Alma Placers

Previously called 'Alma Gold PlacerAlma Placer & Leaching Plant'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.28193, -106.05421

Resource(B)

Primary: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:terminal moraine or outwash deposits
Host type:Glacial Sediment,Alluvium

References

MRDSDC00282
DEP10091016
Reference{Deposit:: PARKER, 1961, GOLD PLACERS OF COLO.}{Deposit:: COLO. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 3 PL. 1}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64}{Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.}{Deposit:: Singewald, Q. D., 1950, Gold placers and their geologic environment in northwestern Park County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 955-D, p. 103-172.}{Deposit:: COLO DIV OF MINES, A SUMMARY OF MINERAL ACTIVITIES IN COLO}{Deposit:: REVISED BY MILS USING CURRENT MSHA SHEETS 3-80}{Deposit:: USGS CRIB A002264}{Deposit:: Guiteras, J. R., 1940, Mining and milling methods and costs in the Alma district, Colorado: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7101, 63 p.}
ReporterBeach, Richard A., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Conservation Division Files