Savage Placer Mine
Savage Placer Mine is a quarry in Chaffee, Colorado and has an elevation of 9,446 feet. Savage Placer Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Vicksburg, as well as near the peak Mount Oxford.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Oxford.
Mount Oxford
Peak
Photo: David Herrera, CC BY 2.0.
Mount Oxford is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,156.3-foot fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 14.2 miles northwest of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. Mount Oxford is situated 2½ miles south of Savage Placer Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vicksburg and Granite.
Vicksburg
Hamlet
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vicksburg was a town and mining camp in Chaffee County, Colorado, high in Clear Creek Canyon. It is now effectively a ghost town, although some of the buildings may be seasonally occupied by their owners. Vicksburg is situated 2½ miles west of Savage Placer Mine.
Granite
Hamlet
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0.
Granite is an unincorporated community with a U.S. Post Office in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The zip code of Granite is 81228. According to the 2010 census, the population is 116. Granite is situated 5 miles northeast of Savage Placer Mine.
Winfield
Hamlet
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Winfield is a populated place in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. It is estimated that as many as 1,500 people may have lived in Winfield at times in the past. Winfield is situated 6 miles west of Savage Placer Mine.
Savage Placer Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Chaffee, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.00027° or 39° 0′ 1″ northLongitude
-106.33391° or 106° 20′ 2″ westElevation
9,446 feet (2,879 metres)Open location code
85FM2M28+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 369170333OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Savage Placer Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Savage Placer Mine”
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