Capitol Central Mine

Capitol Central Mine is a quarry in Jefferson, Colorado and has an elevation of 7,159 feet. Capitol Central Mine is situated nearby to the peak Lookout Mountain, as well as near the locality Genesee.

Type: Quarry
Description: mine in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States of America
Address: CO

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lookout Mountain and Mount Zion.

Lookout Mountain

Peak

Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0.

Lookout Mountain is a foothill on the eastern flank of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 7,377-foot peak is located in Lookout Mountain Park, 1.7 miles west-southwest of downtown Golden in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Lookout Mountain is situated 1½ miles northeast of Capitol Central Mine.

Mount Zion is a foothill on the eastern flank of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 7,062-foot peak is located in Windy Saddle Park, 1.7 miles west of downtown Golden, Colorado, United States. Mount Zion is situated 2½ miles northeast of Capitol Central Mine.

Sculptured House

Residential building

Photo: Elizabeth, CC BY 2.0.

The Sculptured House, also known as the Sleeper House, is a distinctive elliptical curved house built in Genesee, Colorado, United States, on Genesee Mountain in 1963 by the architect Charles Deaton. Sculptured House is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Capitol Central Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Genesee and Golden.

Genesee

Locality

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Genesee is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Genesee is situated 2 miles south of Capitol Central Mine.

Golden

Photo: Alan Levine, CC BY 2.0.

Golden is a city in the Denver Area of Colorado. It sits at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and distance-wise is roughly halfway between the cities of Boulder and Denver.

Idledale

Hamlet

Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0.

Idledale is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place located in and governed by Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Idledale is situated 3½ miles south of Capitol Central Mine.

Capitol Central Mine

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

39.71665° or 39° 43′ north

Longitude

-105.26582° or 105° 15′ 57″ west

Elevation

7,159 feet (2,182 metres)

Open location code

85FPPP8M+MM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369175020

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5416053

Wikidata ID

Q49403447

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In Other Languages

“Capitol Central Mine” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Capitol Central Mine”

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