Badger Mine

Badger Mine is a quarry in San Miguel, Colorado and has an elevation of 9,665 feet. Badger Mine is situated nearby to the village Ophir.

Type: Quarry
Description: mine in San Miguel 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.

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 5 miles north of Badger 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.

Badger Mine

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

37.85972° or 37° 51′ 35″ north

Longitude

-107.83868° or 107° 50′ 19″ west

Elevation

9,665 feet (2,946 metres)

Open location code

859JV556+VG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369164433

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5412483

Wikidata ID

Q49398197

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In Other Languages

“Badger Mine” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Badger Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, San Miguel County)”
Cebuano: “Badger Mine”

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