Barstow Mine
Barstow Mine is a quarry in Ouray, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,214 feet. Barstow Mine is situated nearby to the mountain saddle Imogene Pass, as well as near Red Mountain Pass.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Ouray County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Red Mountain Pass and Imogene Pass.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ironton and Tomboy.
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 2 miles northeast of Barstow Mine.
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 northwest of Barstow Mine.
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. Camp Bird is situated 3½ miles north of Barstow Mine.
Barstow Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.92083° or 37° 55′ 15″ northLongitude
-107.71395° or 107° 42′ 50″ westElevation
11,214 feet (3,418 metres)Open location code
859JW7CP+8COpenStreetMap ID
node 369164272OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Barstow Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Barstow Mine”
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