Yellow Jacket Mine

Yellow Jacket Mine is a mine in Dolores, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,942 feet. Yellow Jacket Mine is situated nearby to the peak Elliott Mountain, as well as near the village Rico.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Elliott Mountain.

Elliott Mountain

Peak

Elliot Mountain is a prominent mountain summit in the San Miguel Mountains of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 12,346-foot peak is located in San Juan National Forest, 3.5 miles north-northwest of the Town of Rico in Dolores County, Colorado, United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rico and Dunton.

Rico

Village

Photo: TexasRaiser, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rico is a town in eastern Dolores County, Colorado, United States. It was settled in 1879 as a silver mining center in the Pioneer Mining District; today it functions as a historic and tourism site. Rico is situated 3 miles southeast of Yellow Jacket Mine.

Dunton

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Dunton Hot Springs is a geothermal mineral spring located at an elevation of 8,921 feet in the San Juan Mountains of Dolores County, Colorado, United States. Dunton is situated 3½ miles northwest of Yellow Jacket Mine.

Yellow Jacket Mine

Type: Mine
Description: mine in Dolores County, Colorado, United States of America
Category: industry
Location: Dolores, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.72416° or 37° 43′ 27″ north

Longitude

-108.06757° or 108° 4′ 3″ west

Elevation

11,942 feet (3,640 metres)

Open location code

859HPWFJ+MX

GeoNames ID

5444829

Wikidata ID

Q49459772

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In Other Languages

“Yellow Jacket Mine” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Yellow Jacket Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, Dolores County)”
Cebuano: “Yellow Jacket Mine”

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