Mayday is a ghost town in La Plata County, Colorado, United States. It was named for the Mayday Mine. Mayday is situated 5 km west of Texas Chief Mine.

Hesperus is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in La Plata County, Colorado, United States. The Hesperus Post Office has the ZIP Code 81326. Hesperus is situated 9 km south of Texas Chief Mine.

Texas Chief Mine

Categories: mine and industry
Location: La Plata, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.36694° or 37° 22′ 1″ north

Longitude

-108.02174° or 108° 1′ 18″ west

Elevation

2,986 metres (9,797 feet)

Open location code

859H9X8H+Q8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369162701

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5441323

Wikidata ID

Q49453689

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In Other Languages

“Texas Chief Mine” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Texas Chief Mine”

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