Gold King Mine
Gold King Mine is a quarry in San Juan, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,463 feet. Gold King Mine is situated nearby to Emery Peak, as well as near the hamlet Ironton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in San Juan County, Colorado, United States of America; geonames ID = 5423249
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Emery Peak.
Emery Peak
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Emery Peak is a 13,321-foot-elevation summit located in San Juan County, Colorado, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ironton and Eureka.
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 northwest of Gold King Mine.
Eureka
Hamlet
Photo: Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eureka is an extinct mining town in northeastern San Juan County, Colorado, United States, along the Animas River, between Silverton and Animas Forks. The town derives its name from the Greek interjection Eureka! Eureka is situated 4 miles east of Gold King Mine.
Animas Forks
Locality
Photo: Kimon Berlin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Animas Forks is an extinct mining town located 12 miles northeast of Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. The area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Animas Forks is situated 4½ miles northeast of Gold King Mine.
Gold King Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: San Juan, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.89472° or 37° 53′ 41″ northLongitude
-107.63839° or 107° 38′ 18″ westElevation
11,463 feet (3,494 metres)Open location code
859JV9V6+VJOpenStreetMap ID
node 369177926OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Slovenian—“Gold King Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gold King Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, San Juan County, lat 37,89, long -107,64)”
- Cebuano: “Gold King Mine”
- Slovenian: “Gold King Mine”
- Slovenian: “rudnik Gold King”
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