Humboldt Mine
Humboldt Mine is a quarry in Ouray, Colorado and has an elevation of 12,664 feet. Humboldt Mine is situated nearby to Gilpin Peak, 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 Gilpin Peak.
Gilpin Peak
Peak
Photo: Greg Willis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilpin Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sneffels Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,700-foot thirteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 3.5 miles north-northeast of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Ouray County and San Miguel County. Gilpin Peak is situated 1½ miles northwest of Humboldt Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tomboy and Pandora.
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. Tomboy is situated 2 miles southeast of Humboldt Mine.
Pandora
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Pandora is an unincorporated community located 1.5 miles east of Telluride in San Miguel County, Colorado. Pandora was founded in the 1880s as a mill town, serving as the site for mills of the Smuggler-Union, Tomboy, and Sheridan mines. Pandora is situated 2 miles south of Humboldt Mine.
Telluride
Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
Telluride is in the southern Rocky Mountains approximately 100 miles from Four Corners, the intersection of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. Telluride is home to the Telluride Ski Resort, and home of an independent film festival.
Humboldt Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.96499° or 37° 57′ 54″ northLongitude
-107.77895° or 107° 46′ 44″ westElevation
12,664 feet (3,860 metres)Open location code
859JX67C+XCOpenStreetMap ID
node 369164029OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Humboldt Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Humboldt Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, Ouray County)”
- Cebuano: “Humboldt Mine”
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