Big Chief Mine
Big Chief Mine is a quarry in Clear Creek, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,601 feet. Big Chief Mine is situated nearby to the peak Mount Edwards, as well as near the mountain saddle Argentine Pass.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Edwards and Argentine Pass.
Mount Edwards
Peak
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Mount Edwards is a high mountain summit in the Rocky Mountains' Front Range of North America. The 13,856-foot thirteener is located in Arapaho National Forest, 7.6 miles southwest of the Town of Georgetown, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide between Clear Creek and Summit counties. Mount Edwards is situated 2 miles southwest of Big Chief Mine.
Argentine Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: D&RG Railfan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Argentine Pass, elevation 13,207 ft, is a high mountain pass that crosses the Continental Divide in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado in the United States. Argentine Pass is situated 2 miles southwest of Big Chief Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Silver Plume and Georgetown.
Silver Plume
Village
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Silver Plume is a Statutory Town located in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. Silver Plume is a former silver mining camp along Clear Creek in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Silver Plume is situated 3½ miles northeast of Big Chief Mine.
Georgetown
Georgetown is the territorial charter municipality that is the county seat of Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 1,118 at the 2020 United States census.
Big Chief Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Clear Creek, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.65249° or 39° 39′ 9″ northLongitude
-105.76223° or 105° 45′ 44″ westElevation
11,601 feet (3,536 metres)Open location code
85FPM62Q+X4OpenStreetMap ID
node 369172854OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Big Chief Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Big Chief Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, Clear Creek County)”
- Cebuano: “Big Chief Mine”
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