Facts
- MSHA status
- Active since Apr 16, 2026
- Type
- Surface
- County
- Park County
- State
- Colorado
- Land status (BLM data)
- Private land or land not mapped as public
- Nearest town
- Fairplay
- Employees reported
- 2
- Coordinates
- 39.2489, -106.0339
- MSHA mine ID
- 0505130
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Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date.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
- Snowstorm
- USGS status
- Producer
- Commodities
- Gold
Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10016046 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.
Gold mines nearby
- Hector Placer Mine 2 mi · intermittent
- Alma Placer 3 mi · intermittent
- Box Creek Placer 20 mi · intermittent
- Willow Creek Mine 20 mi · intermittent
- HP 300 (Crusher 4) 43 mi · intermittent
- Bates-Hunter Mine 47 mi · non-producing
- Gold Links 50 mi · temporarily idled
- Cross Mine 56 mi · non-producing