Torpedo Eclipse Mine
Torpedo Eclipse Mine is a quarry in Ouray, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,457 feet. Torpedo Eclipse Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Camp Bird, as well as near the peak Teakettle Mountain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Ouray County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Teakettle Mountain and Gilpin Peak.
Teakettle Mountain
Peak
Teakettle Mountain, elevation 13,825 ft, is a summit in the Sneffels Range of southwest Colorado. The peak is west of Ouray in the Uncompahgre National Forest. Teakettle Mountain is situated 1½ miles northwest of Torpedo Eclipse Mine.
Gilpin Peak
Peak
Photo: Greg Willis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilpin Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sneffels Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,700-foot thirteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 3.5 miles north-northeast of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Ouray County and San Miguel County. Gilpin Peak is situated 2½ miles west of Torpedo Eclipse Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Camp Bird and Tomboy.
Camp Bird
Hamlet
Camp Bird is a tiny unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lies between the present towns of Ouray and Telluride. Camp Bird is west of Thistledown and reached by CO Road 361.
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 south of Torpedo Eclipse 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 3 miles east of Torpedo Eclipse Mine.
Torpedo Eclipse Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.97944° or 37° 58′ 46″ northLongitude
-107.75006° or 107° 45′ 0″ westElevation
11,457 feet (3,492 metres)Open location code
859JX6HX+QXOpenStreetMap ID
node 369164027OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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- Cebuano: “Torpedo Eclipse Mine”
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