Sweet Home Mine
Sweet Home Mine is a mine near Alma, Colorado, United States. It was founded in 1873 as a silver mine. It is best known as the source of the famous rhodochrosite crystals "Alma King", displayed at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and "Alma Rose", displayed at the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals in Oregon.- Quarry
- …lies at an elevation of around 11,360 feet (3,460 metres)
- Description: mine in Colorado, United States of America, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Bross and Mount Democrat.
Mount Bross
Peak
Mount Bross is a high mountain summit in the Mosquito Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. Mount Bross is situated 1½ miles north of Sweet Home Mine.
Mount Democrat
Peak
Mount Democrat is a 14,152-foot mountain located in the Mosquito Range of central Colorado. Mount Democrat is situated 2 miles northwest of Sweet Home Mine.
Mount Buckskin
Peak
Mount Buckskin is a high mountain summit in the… Mount Buckskin is situated 2 miles west of Sweet Home Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alma and Alma Junction.
Alma
Village
DrunkDriver, Public domain.
Alma is a statutory town in Park County, Colorado, United States. Alma is situated 3½ miles southeast of Sweet Home Mine.
Alma Junction
Locality
Alma Junction was the terminal of the Fairplay–Alma… Alma Junction is situated 4½ miles southeast of Sweet Home Mine.
Sweet Home Mine
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Latitude
39.31277° or 39° 18′ 46″ north
Longitude
-106.11863° or 106° 7′ 7″ west
Open location code
85FM8V7J+4G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Sweet Home Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sweet Home Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, Park County)”
- Cebuano: “Sweet Home Mine”
- French: “mine Sweet Home”
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