Mayflower Mine
Mayflower Mine is a quarry in San Miguel, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,959 feet. Mayflower Mine is situated nearby to the waterfall Bridal Veil Falls, as well as near the locality Tomboy.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bridal Veil Falls and Wasatch Mountain.
Bridal Veil Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Terry Foote, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bridal Veil Falls is a 365-foot waterfall at the end of the box canyon overlooking Telluride, Colorado. Hiking and off-road trails pass by the falls and it has a hydroelectric power plant at its top.
Wasatch Mountain
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wasatch Mountain is a 13,555-foot mountain in the San Miguel Mountains in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Wasatch Mountain is situated 2½ miles southwest of Mayflower Mine.
Imogene Pass
Mountain saddle
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 north of Mayflower 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 northwest of Mayflower 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.
Mayflower Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: San Miguel, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.90833° or 37° 54′ 30″ northLongitude
-107.76034° or 107° 45′ 37″ westElevation
11,959 feet (3,645 metres)Open location code
859JW65Q+8VOpenStreetMap ID
node 369164013OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Mayflower Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mayflower Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, San Miguel County)”
- Cebuano: “Mayflower Mine”
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