Mine Tailings
USA /
Colorado /
Telluride /
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/ USA
/ Colorado
/ Telluride
mine, tailings
Finely ground rock remaining after all the Gold, Silver, copper, lead, and zinc were removed from the poly-metallic ore. For years the City of Telluride would dump its trash here and the Idarado mining Company would bury it under a sterile layer of tailings. Win-win.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 37°55'59"N 107°47'50"W
- San Juan Mine 132 km
- El Segundo Coal Mine 249 km
- Henderson Mine and Mill conveyor 260 km
- Lee Ranch Coal Mine 267 km
- Black Mesa/Kayenta Coal Mine 279 km
- Freeport McMoRan Morenci Mine 551 km
- Chino Copper Mine 565 km
- Open pit Tyrone Copper Mine 586 km
- Intrepid Potash 702 km
- Asarco Mission Mine Complex 721 km
- Telluride Ski and Golf Resort 4.8 km
- Telluride Regional Airport (TEX/KTEX) 10 km
- Sneffels Range 11 km
- Wilson Massif 20 km
- Double RL Ranch 22 km
- Cunningham Gulch 24 km
- Loghill Village, Colorado 30 km
- Ridgway Reservoir 32 km
- Gurley Resrvoir 41 km
- San Juan Mountains 52 km