Porter Mine
Porter Mine is a quarry in La Plata, Colorado and has an elevation of 7,215 feet. Porter Mine is situated nearby to the peak Smelter Mountain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in La Plata County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Smelter Mountain and Lake Nighthorse.
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 northeast of Porter Mine.
Lake Nighthorse
Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0.
Lake Nighthorse is a reservoir created by the 270 feet high Ridges Basin Dam southwest of Durango in La Plata County Colorado. As part of the Animas-La Plata Water Project, Lake Nighthorse provides water storage for tribal and water right claim-holders along the Animas River. Lake Nighthorse is situated 2 miles southeast of Porter Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Durango and Hesperus.
Durango
Durango is the home rule city that is the county seat of and the most populous municipality of La Plata County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 19,071 at the 2020 United States census. 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 6 miles northwest of Porter Mine.
Porter Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: La Plata, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.24722° or 37° 14′ 50″ northLongitude
-107.94646° or 107° 56′ 47″ westElevation
7,215 feet (2,199 metres)Open location code
859J63W3+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 369177352OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Porter Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Porter Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, La Plata County)”
- Cebuano: “Porter Mine”
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