Illinois Boy Mine
Illinois Boy Mine is a quarry in Hinsdale, Colorado and has an elevation of 12,356 feet. Illinois Boy Mine is situated nearby to Handies Peak, as well as near the locality Animas Forks.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Handies Peak.
Handies Peak
Peak
Photo: Mitchtobin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Handies Peak is a high and prominent mountain summit of the San Juan Mountains range in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,056-foot fourteener is located in the Bureau of Land Management Handies Peak Wilderness Study Area, 13.4 miles southwest by west of the Town of Lake City in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States. Handies Peak is situated 2 miles south of Illinois Boy Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Animas Forks and Eureka.
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 3 miles west of Illinois Boy 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 5 miles southwest of Illinois Boy Mine.
Capitol City
Locality
Photo: robert thigpen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Capitol City is an extinct silver mining town located in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States. Founded as Galena City in 1877, the townsite is located on the Alpine Loop National Scenic Back Country Byway. Capitol City is situated 5 miles northeast of Illinois Boy Mine.
Illinois Boy Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Hinsdale, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.94277° or 37° 56′ 34″ northLongitude
-107.51867° or 107° 31′ 7″ westElevation
12,356 feet (3,766 metres)Open location code
859JWFVJ+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 369177646OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Illinois Boy Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Illinois Boy Mine”
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