Elk Mine
Elk Mine is a quarry in San Juan, Colorado and has an elevation of 10,607 feet. Elk Mine is situated nearby to Storm Peak, as well as near the mountain saddle Red Mountain Pass.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in San Juan County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Storm Peak and Red Mountain Pass.
Storm Peak
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Storm Peak is a 13,495-foot-elevation summit located in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. Storm Peak is situated 2 miles southeast of Elk Mine.
Red Mountain Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Rodyx, Public domain.
Red Mountain Pass elevation 11,018 ft is a mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of western Colorado in the United States. The pass straddles a divide that separates Ouray and San Juan counties. Red Mountain Pass is situated 2½ miles northwest of Elk Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ironton and Silverton.
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 3½ miles north of Elk Mine.
Silverton
Photo: Tewy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Silverton is a small town in San Juan County in Southwestern Colorado. Once famous for its mining resources, it is now becoming famous with the extreme sports set, for a famously tough endurance run and a ski resort that focuses on giving skiers a back-country experience.
Howardsville
Hamlet
Photo: Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Howardsville is an unincorporated community in San Juan County, Colorado, United States, along the Animas River at the mouth of Cunningham Creek. It is located about two miles from the town of Silverton and 8 miles from the famous ghost town of Animas Forks, and is on the same road as the ghost towns of Middleton and Eureka. Howardsville is situated 5 miles southeast of Elk Mine.
Elk Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: San Juan, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.88305° or 37° 52′ 59″ northLongitude
-107.67256° or 107° 40′ 21″ westElevation
10,607 feet (3,233 metres)Open location code
859JV8MG+6XOpenStreetMap ID
node 369177961OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Elk Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Elk Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, San Juan County)”
- Cebuano: “Elk Mine”
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