Andrus Mine
Andrus Mine is a quarry in San Miguel, Colorado and has an elevation of 12,133 feet. Andrus Mine is situated nearby to the mountain saddle Imogene Pass, as well as near the waterfall Bridal Veil Falls.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Imogene Pass and Red Mountain Pass.
Imogene Pass
Mountain saddle
Imogene Pass is a 13,114 ft high mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains in the southwest part of the US state of Colorado. It crosses a ridge connecting Ouray, Colorado with Telluride, Colorado, and is the highest mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains, and the second highest vehicular mountain crossing in Colorado.
Red Mountain Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Rodyx, Public domain.
Red Mountain Pass is a mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of western Colorado in the United States. The pass straddles a divide that separates Ouray and San Juan counties. Red Mountain Pass is situated 2 miles southeast of Andrus Mine.
Bridal Veil Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Terry Foote, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bridal Veil Falls is a 365-foot waterfall at the end of the box canyon overlooking Telluride, Colorado. Hiking and off-road trails pass by the falls and it has a hydroelectric power plant at its top. Bridal Veil Falls is situated 1½ miles west of Andrus Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tomboy and Pandora.
Tomboy
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tomboy is a ghost town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Tomboy was a mining town located 2 mi east of Telluride. At an elevation of 11,509 ft, Tomboy is one of the highest ghost towns in the United States. Tomboy is situated 2 miles northwest of Andrus Mine.
Pandora
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Pandora is an unincorporated community located 1.5 miles east of Telluride in San Miguel County, Colorado. Pandora was founded in the 1880s as a mill town, serving as the site for mills of the Smuggler-Union, Tomboy, and Sheridan mines. Pandora is situated 3 miles northwest of Andrus Mine.
Ironton
Hamlet
Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
Ironton is an extinct town located in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lay south of the present town of Ouray, adjacent to the sites Guston and Red Mountain Town, fellow ghost towns. Ironton is situated 3½ miles northeast of Andrus Mine.
Andrus Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: San Miguel, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.91027° or 37° 54′ 37″ northLongitude
-107.74117° or 107° 44′ 28″ westElevation
12,133 feet (3,698 metres)Open location code
859JW765+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 369164237OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Andrus Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Andrus Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, San Miguel County)”
- Cebuano: “Andrus Mine”
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