Idarado Mine
The Idarado Mine was a mining operation in the San Juan Mountains of Ouray County, Colorado near the now-ghost town of Guston, producing primarily lead, zinc and silver along with small amounts of gold and copper.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nationalparks, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Colorado, United States of America, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Red Mountain Pass and Imogene Pass.
Red Mountain Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Rodyx, Public domain.
Red Mountain Pass 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.
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. Imogene Pass is situated 2 miles northwest of Idarado Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ironton and Tomboy.
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 1½ miles northeast of Idarado Mine.
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 3½ miles northwest of Idarado Mine.
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 4½ miles north of Idarado Mine.
Idarado Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.91388° or 37° 54′ 50″ northLongitude
-107.70089° or 107° 42′ 3″ westElevation
10,607 feet (3,233 metres)Open location code
859JW77X+HJOpenStreetMap ID
node 369164199OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Idarado Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Idarado Mine”
- French: “mine Idarado”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Idarado Mine”. Photo: Nationalparks, CC BY-SA 2.5.