Alma is a statutory town in Park County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 296 at the 2020 United States census. Alma is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. Alma is situated 2 miles east of Buckskin Joe Mine.

Alma Junction

Locality

Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0.

Alma Junction was the terminal of the Fairplay–Alma branch of the Colorado and Southern railway in Colorado in the United States, which has been abandoned since the early 20th century. Alma Junction is situated 3 miles southeast of Buckskin Joe Mine.

Buckskin Joe Mine

Categories: mine and industry
Location: Park, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.28999° or 39° 17′ 24″ north

Longitude

-106.09558° or 106° 5′ 44″ west

Elevation

10,856 feet (3,309 metres)

Open location code

85FM7WQ3+XQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369162778

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5415297

Wikidata ID

Q49402435

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Cebuano: “Buckskin Joe Mine”

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