Morning Glory Mine

Morning Glory Mine is a quarry in La Plata, Colorado and has an elevation of 7,280 feet. Morning Glory Mine is situated nearby to the peak Smelter Mountain.

Type: Quarry
Description: mine in La Plata County, Colorado, United States of America
Address: CO

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Smelter Mountain.

Smelter Mountain

Peak

Photo: Ron Clausen, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Smelter Mountain is part of the La Plata Mountains range which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains of North America. It is located in the Bodo State Wildlife Area, 1.2 miles southwest of the community of Durango in La Plata County, Colorado, United States. Smelter Mountain is situated 2½ miles east of Morning Glory Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Durango and Hesperus.

Durango

Durango is the home rule city and the county seat of La Plata County, Colorado, United States. The city's population was 19,071 at the 2020 census, making it the most populous city in the county. Durango is the home of Fort Lewis College.

Hesperus

Hamlet

Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0.

Hesperus is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in La Plata County, Colorado, United States. The Hesperus Post Office has the ZIP Code 81326. Hesperus is situated 5 miles west of Morning Glory Mine.

Morning Glory Mine

Categories: mine and industry
Location: La Plata, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.27278° or 37° 16′ 22″ north

Longitude

-107.94785° or 107° 56′ 52″ west

Elevation

7,280 feet (2,219 metres)

Open location code

859J73F2+4V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369177339

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5431885

Wikidata ID

Q49434122

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In Other Languages

“Morning Glory Mine” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Morning Glory Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, La Plata County)”
Cebuano: “Morning Glory Mine”

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