Colorado Boy Mine
Colorado Boy Mine is a quarry in Ouray, Colorado and has an elevation of 9,882 feet. Colorado Boy Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Ironton, as well as near Camp Bird.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Ouray County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ironton and Camp Bird.
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.
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 northwest of Colorado Boy 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 4 miles west of Colorado Boy Mine.
Colorado Boy Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.93083° or 37° 55′ 51″ northLongitude
-107.68478° or 107° 41′ 5″ westElevation
9,882 feet (3,012 metres)Open location code
859JW8J8+83OpenStreetMap ID
node 369177844OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Colorado Boy Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Colorado Boy Mine”
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