Savage Mine
Savage Mine is a quarry in San Miguel, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,818 feet. Savage Mine is situated nearby to the peak Wasatch Mountain, as well as near the waterfall Bridal Veil Falls.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wasatch Mountain and Bridal Veil Falls.
Wasatch Mountain
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wasatch Mountain is a 13,555-foot mountain in the San Miguel Mountains in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States.
Bridal Veil Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Terry Foote, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bridal Veil Falls is a 365-foot waterfall at the end of the box canyon overlooking Telluride, Colorado. Hiking and off-road trails pass by the falls and it has a hydroelectric power plant at its top. Bridal Veil Falls is situated 2 miles northeast of Savage Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pandora and Telluride.
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 2 miles north of Savage Mine.
Telluride
Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
Telluride is in the southern Rocky Mountains approximately 100 miles from Four Corners, the intersection of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. Telluride is home to the Telluride Ski Resort, and home of an independent film festival.
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 3 miles northeast of Savage Mine.
Savage Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: San Miguel, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.90527° or 37° 54′ 19″ northLongitude
-107.80006° or 107° 48′ 0″ westElevation
11,818 feet (3,602 metres)Open location code
859JW54X+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 369177818OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Savage Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Savage Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, San Miguel County)”
- Cebuano: “Savage Mine”
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