Ideal Placer
Ideal Placer is a quarry in San Juan, Colorado and has an elevation of 9,334 feet. Ideal Placer is situated nearby to the peak Sultan Mountain.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in San Juan County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sultan Mountain and Hillside Cemetery.
Sultan Mountain
Peak
Hillside Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Hillside Cemetery is situated 2 miles northeast of Ideal Placer.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Silverton and Howardsville.
Silverton
Photo: Tewy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Silverton is a small town in San Juan County in Southwestern Colorado. Once famous for its mining resources, it is now becoming famous with the extreme sports set, for a famously tough endurance run and a ski resort that focuses on giving skiers a back-country experience.
Howardsville
Hamlet
Photo: Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Howardsville is an unincorporated community in San Juan County, Colorado, United States, along the Animas River at the mouth of Cunningham Creek. It is located about two miles from the town of Silverton and 8 miles from the famous ghost town of Animas Forks, and is on the same road as the ghost towns of Middleton and Eureka. Howardsville is situated 5 miles northeast of Ideal Placer.
Ideal Placer
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: San Juan, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.79333° or 37° 47′ 36″ northLongitude
-107.67034° or 107° 40′ 13″ westElevation
9,334 feet (2,845 metres)Open location code
859JQ8VH+8VOpenStreetMap ID
node 369177558OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Ideal Placer” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ideal Placer”
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