Champion Mine

Champion Mine is a quarry in , and has an elevation of 10,285 feet. Champion Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near the waterfall .
  • Type: Quarry
  • Description: mine in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States of America
  • Address: CO

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wasatch Mountain and Bridal Veil Falls.

Peak
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is a 13,555-foot mountain in the San Miguel Mountains in , , United States. is situated 2 miles south of Champion Mine.

Waterfall
Photo: Terry Foote, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 365-foot waterfall at the end of the box canyon overlooking . Hiking and off-road trails pass by the falls and it has a hydroelectric power plant at its top. is situated 1½ miles east of Champion Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pandora and Telluride.

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated community located 1.5 miles east of in . was founded in the 1880s as a mill town, serving as the site for mills of the Smuggler-Union, Tomboy, and Sheridan mines.

Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
is in the southern approximately 100 miles from , the intersection of , , , and . is home to the Ski Resort, and home of an independent film festival.

Locality
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is a ghost town in , United States. was a mining town located 2 mi east of . At an elevation of 11,509 ft, is one of the highest ghost towns in the United States. is situated 3 miles northeast of Champion Mine.

Champion Mine

Latitude
37.91583° or 37° 54′ 57″ north
Longitude
-107.80062° or 107° 48′ 2″ west
Elevation
10,285 feet (3,135 metres)
Open location code
859JW58X+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369176657
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Geo­Names ID
5416684
Wiki­data ID
Q49404199
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In Other Languages

“Champion Mine” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Champion Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, San Miguel County)”
  • Cebuano: “Champion Mine”

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