Saint Lawrence Mine
Saint Lawrence Mine is a quarry in Ouray, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,453 feet. Saint Lawrence Mine is situated nearby to the mountain saddle Red Mountain Pass, as well as near the hamlet Ironton.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Ouray 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.
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 northeast of Saint Lawrence 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 4 miles northwest of Saint Lawrence Mine.
Pandora
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 northwest of Saint Lawrence Mine.
Saint Lawrence Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.89833° or 37° 53′ 54″ northLongitude
-107.70062° or 107° 42′ 2″ westElevation
11,453 feet (3,491 metres)Open location code
859JV7XX+8QOpenStreetMap ID
node 369177871OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Saint Lawrence Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Saint Lawrence Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado)”
- Cebuano: “Saint Lawrence Mine”
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