Mine Tailings

Mine Tailings is in San Miguel, Colorado. Mine Tailings is situated nearby to Lone Tree Cemetery, as well as near the quarry Allegheny Mine.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bridal Veil Falls.

Bridal Veil Falls

Waterfall

Photo: Terry Foote, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bridal Veil Falls is a 365-foot waterfall at the end of the box canyon overlooking Telluride, Colorado. Hiking and off-road trails pass by the falls and it has a hydroelectric power plant at its top. Bridal Veil Falls is situated 2 miles southeast of Mine Tailings.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pandora and Telluride.

Pandora

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Pandora is an unincorporated community located 1.5 miles east of Telluride in San Miguel County, Colorado. Pandora was founded in the 1880s as a mill town, serving as the site for mills of the Smuggler-Union, Tomboy, and Sheridan mines.

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.

Tomboy

Locality

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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 2 miles east of Mine Tailings.

Mine Tailings

Type: Scree
Category: landform
Location: San Miguel, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.93317° or 37° 55′ 59″ north

Longitude

-107.79745° or 107° 47′ 51″ west

Open location code

859JW6M3+72

OpenStreetMap ID

way 45867843

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=scree

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