Alta Mine

Alta Mine is a quarry in Ouray, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,083 feet. Alta Mine is situated nearby to the village Ophir, as well as near Mountain Village.

Type: Quarry
Description: mine in Ouray County, Colorado, United States of America
Address: CO

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ophir and Mountain Village.

Ophir

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Ophir is a home rule municipality town governed by a general assembly and is located in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. It is located two miles from the Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant, the world's first hydroelectric plant to supply alternating current electricity for an industrial purpose. Ophir is situated 2½ miles southeast of Alta Mine.

Mountain Village

Village

Photo: SkiVillage, CC BY 3.0.

Mountain Village is a home rule municipality in San Miguel County, southwestern Colorado. It is located just southwest of Telluride, Colorado in the San Juan Mountains. Mountain Village is situated 3 miles north of Alta Mine.

Telluride

Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.

Telluride is in the southern Rocky Mountains approximately 100 miles from Four Corners, the intersection of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. Telluride is home to the Telluride Ski Resort, and home of an independent film festival.

Alta Mine

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

37.88583° or 37° 53′ 9″ north

Longitude

-107.85229° or 107° 51′ 8″ west

Elevation

11,083 feet (3,378 metres)

Open location code

859JV4PX+83

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369176686

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5411700

Wikidata ID

Q49396702

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In Other Languages

“Alta Mine” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Alta Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, Ouray County)”
Cebuano: “Alta Mine”

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