Lark Mine
Lark Mine is a quarry in San Juan, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,322 feet. Lark Mine is situated nearby to the mountain saddle Red Mountain Pass, 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
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Red Mountain 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. Red Mountain Pass is situated 1½ miles west of Lark 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 3 miles north of Lark 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 5 miles northwest of Lark Mine.
Silverton
Photo: Tewy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Silverton is a small town in San Juan County in Southwestern Colorado. Once famous for its mining resources, it is now becoming famous with the extreme sports set, for a famously tough endurance run and a ski resort that focuses on giving skiers a back-country experience.
Lark Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: San Juan, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.89277° or 37° 53′ 34″ northLongitude
-107.68089° or 107° 40′ 51″ westElevation
11,322 feet (3,451 metres)Open location code
859JV8V9+4JOpenStreetMap ID
node 369164196OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Lark Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lark Mine”
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