Leviathan Mine
Leviathan Mine is a United States superfund site at an abandoned open-pit sulfur mine located in Alpine County, California. The mine is located on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada at about 7,000-foot elevation, 6 miles east of Markleeville and 24 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe.
- Quarry
- …lies at an elevation of around 7,420 feet (2,260 metres)
- …is also known as “Leviathan Mine Superfund Site”
- Description: former mine in California, United States
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holbrook Junction and Double Spring.
Double Spring
Hamlet
Double Spring is a census-designated place in Douglas County, Nevada, United States.
6 miles northeast of Leviathan Mine
Topaz Lake
Village
Topaz Lake is a census-designated place in Douglas County, Nevada, United States.
6 miles east of Leviathan Mine
Leviathan Mine
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Latitude
38.70838° or 38° 42′ 30″ north
Longitude
-119.6553° or 119° 39′ 19″ west
Open location code
85C2P85V+9V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse = quarry
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Leviathan Mine” goes by many names.
Leviathan MineCebuano
Leviathan MineDutch
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Monitoring Stations
Discover Leviathan Mine Pit Flow near Markleeville and Leviathan Mine Pond 1 near Markleeville.
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