Bullion Tunnel
Bullion Tunnel is a quarry in San Miguel, Colorado and has an elevation of 10,932 feet. Bullion Tunnel is situated nearby to the locality Tomboy, as well as near the hamlet Pandora.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bridal Veil Falls and Imogene Pass.
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 south of Bullion Tunnel.
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. Imogene Pass is situated 2 miles east of Bullion Tunnel.
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.
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.
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.
Bullion Tunnel
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: San Miguel, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.94194° or 37° 56′ 31″ northLongitude
-107.77034° or 107° 46′ 13″ westElevation
10,932 feet (3,332 metres)Open location code
859JW6RH+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 369164037OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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- Cebuano: “Bullion Tunnel”
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