Ocean Wave Mine
Ocean Wave Mine is a quarry in Ouray, Colorado and has an elevation of 12,789 feet. Ocean Wave Mine is situated nearby to Gilpin Peak, as well as near the peak Mount Sneffels.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Ouray County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gilpin Peak and Mount Sneffels.
Gilpin Peak
Peak
Photo: Greg Willis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilpin Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sneffels Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,700-foot thirteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 3.5 miles north-northeast of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Ouray County and San Miguel County.
Mount Sneffels
Peak
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mount Sneffels is the highest summit of the Sneffels Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,153-foot fourteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 6.7 miles west by south of the City of Ouray in Ouray County, Colorado, United States.
Dallas Peak
Peak
Dallas Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sneffels Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,815-foot thirteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 3.3 miles north by west of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Ouray and San Miguel counties. Dallas Peak is situated 2 miles west of Ocean Wave Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Camp Bird and Telluride.
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 3½ miles east of Ocean Wave Mine.
Telluride
Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
Telluride is in the southern Rocky Mountains approximately 100 miles from Four Corners, the intersection of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. Telluride is home to the Telluride Ski Resort, and home of an independent film festival.
Pandora
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Pandora is an unincorporated community located 1.5 miles east of Telluride in San Miguel County, Colorado. Pandora was founded in the 1880s as a mill town, serving as the site for mills of the Smuggler-Union, Tomboy, and Sheridan mines. Pandora is situated 4 miles south of Ocean Wave Mine.
Ocean Wave Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.98833° or 37° 59′ 18″ northLongitude
-107.79034° or 107° 47′ 25″ westElevation
12,789 feet (3,898 metres)Open location code
859JX6Q5+8VOpenStreetMap ID
node 369176591OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Ocean Wave Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ocean Wave Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Ouray County)”
- Cebuano: “Ocean Wave Mine”
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