Columbine Mine
Columbine Mine is a quarry in Chaffee, Colorado and has an elevation of 12,329 feet. Columbine Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Vicksburg, as well as near Twin Lakes.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vicksburg and Twin Lakes.
Vicksburg
Hamlet
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vicksburg was a town and mining camp in Chaffee County, Colorado, high in Clear Creek Canyon. It is now effectively a ghost town, although some of the buildings may be seasonally occupied by their owners. Vicksburg is situated 2½ miles southwest of Columbine Mine.
Twin Lakes
Hamlet
Photo: Toshihiro Matsui, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Twin Lakes is a pair of glacier-carved alpine lakes about 15 miles south of historic Leadville, Colorado. They are downstream along the Arkansas River, whose headwaters are by Leadville. Twin Lakes is situated 3½ miles north of Columbine Mine.
Granite
Hamlet
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0.
Granite is an unincorporated community with a U.S. Post Office in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The zip code of Granite is 81228. According to the 2010 census, the population is 116. Granite is situated 5 miles east of Columbine Mine.
Columbine Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Chaffee, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.03277° or 39° 1′ 58″ northLongitude
-106.35975° or 106° 21′ 35″ westElevation
12,329 feet (3,758 metres)Open location code
85FM2JMR+44OpenStreetMap ID
node 369162807OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Columbine Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Columbine Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, Chaffee County)”
- Cebuano: “Columbine Mine”
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