Rocky Mountains
Colorado
San Miguel

Royal Mine

Royal Mine is a quarry in , and has an elevation of 11,526 feet. Royal Mine is situated nearby to the waterfall , as well as near the peak .
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  • Type: Quarry
  • Description: mine in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States of America
  • Address: CO

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bridal Veil Falls and Wasatch Mountain.

Waterfall
Photo: Terry Foote, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 365-foot waterfall at the end of the box canyon overlooking . Hiking and off-road trails pass by the falls and it has a hydroelectric power plant at its top.

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 13,555-foot mountain in the San Miguel Mountains in , , United States. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Royal Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pandora and Tomboy.

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 2½ miles northwest of Royal Mine.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 2½ miles north of Royal Mine.

Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
is in the southern approximately 100 miles from , the intersection of , , , and . is home to the Ski Resort, and home of an independent film festival.

Royal Mine

Latitude
37.90222° or 37° 54′ 8″ north
Longitude
-107.76923° or 107° 46′ 9″ west
Elevation
11,526 feet (3,513 metres)
Open location code
859JW62J+V8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369164023
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Geo­Names ID
5437100
Wiki­data ID
Q49445397
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In Other Languages

“Royal Mine” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Royal Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, San Miguel County)”
  • Cebuano: “Royal Mine”

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