Alma Placer

Alma Placer is a surface gold mine in Park County, Colorado, near Alma. MSHA lists its status as intermittent since Jul 12, 2023 and records 2 employees. It is one of 16 gold mines in Colorado that are not marked abandoned, and one of 3 in Park County; by employees it ranks 11 of 14 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Intermittent since Jul 12, 2023
Type
Surface
County
Park County
State
Colorado
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
Nearest town
Alma
Employees reported
2
Operator
High Mountain Mining Company LLC
Coordinates
39.2808, -106.0594
MSHA mine ID
0504987

Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

History and geology (USGS)

USGS site name
Alma Placers
USGS status
Past producer
Commodities
Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction
Deposit type
{119: Placer Au-PGE}

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10091016 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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