Great Western Mine
Great Western Mine is a quarry in Ouray, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,811 feet. Great Western Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Ironton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Ouray County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ironton and Animas Forks.
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 2 miles northwest of Great Western 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 east of Great Western Mine.
Eureka
Hamlet
Photo: Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eureka is an extinct mining town in 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 5 miles southeast of Great Western Mine.
Great Western Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.91944° or 37° 55′ 10″ northLongitude
-107.65117° or 107° 39′ 4″ westElevation
11,811 feet (3,600 metres)Open location code
859JW89X+QGOpenStreetMap ID
node 369177849OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Great Western Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Great Western Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, Ouray County)”
- Cebuano: “Great Western Mine”
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