Red Mountain Mine
Red Mountain Mine is a quarry in San Juan, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,581 feet. Red Mountain Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Ironton, as well as near the mountain saddle Red Mountain Pass.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in San Juan County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Red Mountain Pass.
Red Mountain Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Rodyx, Public domain.
Red Mountain Pass is a mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of western Colorado in the United States. The pass straddles a divide that separates Ouray and San Juan counties. Red Mountain Pass is situated 2½ miles west of Red Mountain Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ironton and Tomboy.
Ironton
Hamlet
Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
Ironton is an extinct town located in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lay south of the present town of Ouray, adjacent to the sites Guston and Red Mountain Town, fellow ghost towns. Ironton is situated 2½ miles north of Red Mountain Mine.
Tomboy
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 northwest of Red Mountain Mine.
Animas Forks
Locality
Photo: Kimon Berlin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Animas Forks is an extinct mining town located 12 miles northeast of Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. The area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Animas Forks is situated 6 miles east of Red Mountain Mine.
Red Mountain Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: San Juan, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.9° or 37° 54′ northLongitude
-107.66728° or 107° 40′ 2″ westElevation
11,581 feet (3,530 metres)Open location code
859JV8XM+X3OpenStreetMap ID
node 369177671OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Red Mountain Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Red Mountain Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado)”
- Cebuano: “Red Mountain Mine”
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