Gold King Mine

Gold King Mine is a quarry in San Miguel, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,804 feet. Gold King Mine is situated nearby to the village Ophir, as well as near Mountain Village.

Type: Quarry
Description: mine in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States of America
Address: CO

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ophir and Mountain Village.

Ophir

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Ophir is a home rule municipality town governed by a general assembly and is located in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. It is located two miles from the Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant, the world's first hydroelectric plant to supply alternating current electricity for an industrial purpose.

Mountain Village

Village

Photo: SkiVillage, CC BY 3.0.

Mountain Village is a home rule municipality in San Miguel County, southwestern Colorado. It is located just southwest of Telluride, Colorado in the San Juan Mountains. Mountain Village is situated 4 miles north of Gold King 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.

Gold King Mine

Categories: mine and industry
Location: San Miguel, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.87444° or 37° 52′ 28″ north

Longitude

-107.84201° or 107° 50′ 31″ west

Elevation

11,804 feet (3,598 metres)

Open location code

859JV5F5+Q5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369164142

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5550402

Wikidata ID

Q49414714

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In Other Languages

“Gold King Mine” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Gold King Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, San Miguel County)”
Cebuano: “Gold King Mine”

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