Snowshoe Mine
Snowshoe Mine is a quarry in Ouray, Colorado and has an elevation of 3,503 metres. Snowshoe Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Ironton, as well as near Thistledown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Ouray County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ironton and Thistledown.
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 3 km southwest of Snowshoe Mine.
Thistledown
Hamlet
Thistledown is an unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. The community is located southwest of Ouray on Camp Bird Road between Ouray and Camp Bird. Thistledown is situated 7 km northwest of Snowshoe 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 7 km east of Snowshoe Mine.
Snowshoe Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.94777° or 37° 56′ 52″ northLongitude
-107.64923° or 107° 38′ 57″ westElevation
3,503 metres (11,493 feet)Open location code
859JW9X2+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 369177865OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Snowshoe Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Snowshoe Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, Ouray County)”
- Cebuano: “Snowshoe Mine”
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