Minnesota Mine
Minnesota Mine is a quarry in San Juan, Colorado and has an elevation of 10,456 feet. Minnesota Mine is situated nearby to Storm Peak, as well as near Emery Peak.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in San Juan County, Colorado, United States of America; geonames ID = 5431399
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Storm Peak and Emery Peak.
Storm Peak
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Storm Peak is a 13,495-foot-elevation summit located in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. Storm Peak is situated 2 miles south of Minnesota Mine.
Emery Peak
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Emery Peak is a 13,321-foot-elevation summit located in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. Emery Peak is situated 2 miles east of Minnesota Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ironton and Howardsville.
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 3½ miles north of Minnesota Mine.
Howardsville
Hamlet
Photo: Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Howardsville is an unincorporated community in San Juan County, Colorado, United States, along the Animas River at the mouth of Cunningham Creek. It is located about two miles from the town of Silverton and 8 miles from the famous ghost town of Animas Forks, and is on the same road as the ghost towns of Middleton and Eureka. Howardsville is situated 5 miles southeast of Minnesota 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.
Minnesota Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: San Juan, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.88694° or 37° 53′ 13″ northLongitude
-107.66145° or 107° 39′ 41″ westElevation
10,456 feet (3,187 metres)Open location code
859JV8PQ+QCOpenStreetMap ID
node 369177932OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Minnesota Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Minnesota Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, San Juan County, lat 37,89, long -107,66)”
- Cebuano: “Minnesota Mine”
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