Red Creek Mine

Red Creek Mine is a quarry in , and has an elevation of 11,417 feet. Red Creek Mine is situated nearby to the mountain saddle , as well as near .
  • 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.

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 2½ miles north of Red Creek 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. is situated 3 miles northeast of Red Creek Mine.

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 northwest of Red Creek Mine.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is an unincorporated community located 1.5 miles east of in . was founded in the 1880s as a mill town, serving as the site for mills of the Smuggler-Union, Tomboy, and Sheridan mines. is situated 4½ miles northwest of Red Creek Mine.

Red Creek Mine

Latitude
37.9° or 37° 54′ north
Longitude
-107.71867° or 107° 43′ 7″ west
Elevation
11,417 feet (3,480 metres)
Open location code
859JV7XJ+XG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369177919
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Geo­Names ID
5435968
Wiki­data ID
Q49443159
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In Other Languages

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

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