Pioneer Mine
Pioneer Mine is an adit in San Miguel, Colorado and has an elevation of 12,208 feet. Pioneer Mine is situated nearby to the peak Wasatch Mountain, as well as near the village Ophir.- Type: Adit
- Description: mine in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wasatch Mountain.
Wasatch Mountain
Peak
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Wasatch Mountain is a 13,555-foot mountain in the San Miguel Mountains in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Wasatch Mountain is situated 2½ miles north of Pioneer Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ophir and Pandora.
Ophir
Village
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Ophir is a home rule municipality town governed by a general assembly and is located in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. It is located two miles from the Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant, the world's first hydroelectric plant to supply alternating current electricity for an industrial purpose. Ophir is situated 2½ miles west of Pioneer Mine.
Pandora
Hamlet
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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 5 miles north of Pioneer Mine.
Tomboy
Locality
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Tomboy is a ghost town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Tomboy was a mining town located 2 mi east of Telluride. At an elevation of 11,509 ft, Tomboy is one of the highest ghost towns in the United States. Tomboy is situated 6 miles north of Pioneer Mine.
Pioneer Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: San Miguel, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.85805° or 37° 51′ 29″ northLongitude
-107.78312° or 107° 46′ 59″ westElevation
12,208 feet (3,721 metres)Open location code
859JV658+6QOpenStreetMap ID
node 369177810OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=adit
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In Other Languages
“Pioneer Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pioneer Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, San Miguel County)”
- Cebuano: “Pioneer Mine”
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