Midnight Mine
Midnight Mine is a quarry in Ouray, Colorado and has an elevation of 10,961 feet. Midnight Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Ironton, as well as near the mountain saddle Red Mountain Pass.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Ouray 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 2½ miles southwest of Midnight 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.
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 west of Midnight 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 5 miles northwest of Midnight Mine.
Midnight Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.91694° or 37° 55′ 1″ northLongitude
-107.67395° or 107° 40′ 26″ westElevation
10,961 feet (3,341 metres)Open location code
859JW88G+QCOpenStreetMap ID
node 369164257OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Midnight Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Midnight Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, Ouray County)”
- Cebuano: “Midnight Mine”
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