Storm Peak is a 13,495-foot-elevation summit located in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. Storm Peak is situated 2½ miles east of Minnesota Gulch Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Silverton and Ironton.

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.

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 4½ miles north of Minnesota Gulch 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 6 miles southeast of Minnesota Gulch Mine.

Minnesota Gulch Mine

Categories: mine and industry
Location: San Juan, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.86694° or 37° 52′ 1″ north

Longitude

-107.68895° or 107° 41′ 20″ west

Elevation

11,106 feet (3,385 metres)

Open location code

859JV886+QC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369177575

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5431407

Wikidata ID

Q49432845

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In Other Languages

“Minnesota Gulch Mine” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Minnesota Gulch Mine”

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