Mountain King Mine

Mountain King Mine is a quarry in , and has an elevation of 10,538 feet. Mountain King Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near the mountain saddle .
  • Type: Quarry
  • Description: mine in Ouray County, Colorado, United States of America
  • Address: CO

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Red Mountain Pass and Imogene Pass.

Mountain saddle
Photo: Rodyx, Public domain.
is a mountain pass in the of western in the United States. The pass straddles a divide that separates and counties. is situated 2 miles south of Mountain King Mine.

Mountain saddle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a 13,114 ft high mountain pass in the in the southwest part of the state of . It crosses a ridge connecting with , and is the highest mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains, and the second highest vehicular mountain crossing in . is situated 2 miles west of Mountain King Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ironton and Tomboy.

Hamlet
Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
is an extinct town located in , , United States. It lay south of the present town of , adjacent to the sites Guston and Red Mountain Town, fellow ghost towns.

Locality
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is a ghost town in , United States. was a mining town located 2 mi east of . At an elevation of 11,509 ft, is one of the highest ghost towns in the United States. is situated 3½ miles west of Mountain King Mine.

Hamlet
is a tiny unincorporated community in , , United States. It lies between the present towns of and . is west of and reached by CO Road 361. is situated 3½ miles northwest of Mountain King Mine.

Mountain King Mine

Latitude
37.92833° or 37° 55′ 42″ north
Longitude
-107.69756° or 107° 41′ 51″ west
Elevation
10,538 feet (3,212 metres)
Open location code
859JW8H2+8X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369164265
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Geo­Names ID
5432072
Wiki­data ID
Q49434627
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In Other Languages

“Mountain King Mine” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Mountain King Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado)”
  • Cebuano: “Mountain King Mine”

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