Comet Mine
Comet Mine is a quarry in Ouray, Colorado and has an elevation of 12,421 feet. Comet Mine is situated nearby to the mountain saddle Imogene Pass, as well as near the locality Tomboy.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Ouray County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Imogene Pass.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tomboy and Camp Bird.
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.
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 2 miles north of Comet Mine.
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. Ironton is situated 3 miles east of Comet Mine.
Comet Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.94027° or 37° 56′ 25″ northLongitude
-107.73173° or 107° 43′ 54″ westElevation
12,421 feet (3,786 metres)Open location code
859JW7R9+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 369177830OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Comet Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Comet Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, Ouray County)”
- Cebuano: “Comet Mine”
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