Rocky Mountains
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Magnet Mine

Magnet Mine is a quarry in , and has an elevation of 10,906 feet. Magnet Mine is situated nearby to the mountain saddle , as well as near the hamlet .
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  • Type: Quarry
  • Description: mine in San Juan County, Colorado, United States of America
  • Address: CO

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Red Mountain Pass.

Mountain saddle
Photo: Rodyx, Public domain.
is a mountain pass in the of western in the . The pass straddles a divide that separates and counties.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ironton and Tomboy.

Hamlet
Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
is an extinct town located in , , United States. It lay south of the present town of , adjacent to the sites Guston and Red Mountain Town, fellow ghost towns. is situated 4 miles northeast of Magnet Mine.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a ghost town in , United States. was a mining town located 2 mi east of . At an elevation of 11,509 ft, is one of the highest ghost towns in the United States. is situated 4½ miles northwest of Magnet Mine.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is an unincorporated community located 1.5 miles east of in . was founded in the 1880s as a mill town, serving as the site for mills of the Smuggler-Union, Tomboy, and Sheridan mines. is situated 5 miles northwest of Magnet Mine.

Magnet Mine

Latitude
37.88194° or 37° 52′ 55″ north
Longitude
-107.71812° or 107° 43′ 5″ west
Elevation
10,906 feet (3,324 metres)
Open location code
859JV7JJ+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369177934
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Geo­Names ID
5429854
Wiki­data ID
Q49429032
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In Other Languages

“Magnet Mine” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Magnet Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, San Juan County)”
  • Cebuano: “Magnet Mine”

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