Atlas Mine
Atlas Mine is a quarry in Ouray, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,306 feet. Atlas Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Camp Bird, as well as near the peak Teakettle Mountain.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Ouray County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Teakettle Mountain and Gilpin Peak.
Teakettle Mountain
Peak
Teakettle Mountain, elevation 13,825 ft, is a summit in the Sneffels Range of southwest Colorado. The peak is west of Ouray in the Uncompahgre National Forest. Teakettle Mountain is situated 2 miles north of Atlas Mine.
Gilpin Peak
Peak
Photo: Greg Willis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilpin Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sneffels Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,700-foot thirteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 3.5 miles north-northeast of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Ouray County and San Miguel County. Gilpin Peak is situated 2½ miles northwest of Atlas Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Camp Bird and Tomboy.
Camp Bird
Hamlet
Camp Bird is a tiny unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lies between the present towns of Ouray and Telluride. Camp Bird is west of Thistledown and reached by CO Road 361.
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 2½ miles south of Atlas 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 southwest of Atlas Mine.
Atlas Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.97111° or 37° 58′ 16″ northLongitude
-107.75562° or 107° 45′ 20″ westElevation
11,306 feet (3,446 metres)Open location code
859JX6CV+CQOpenStreetMap ID
node 369164077OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Atlas Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Atlas Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, Ouray County)”
- Cebuano: “Atlas Mine”
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