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Coal mining in Colorado is known to negatively impact both air and water quality. [11] [12] The West Elk Mine in Gunnison County is the largest methane emitter in Colorado, and in 2017 it emitted a quantity of methane equivalent to 98,000 cars. [13] Colorado's 8 remaining coal mines use an unknown quantity of water each year. [14]
US. State. Scenic. The West Elk Loop Scenic and Historic Byway is a 205-mile (330 km) National Forest Scenic Byway and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Delta, Garfield, Gunnison, Montrose, and Pitkin counties Colorado, USA. The byway reaches its zenith at Kebler Pass, elevation 10,007 feet (3,050 m), between Crested Butte and Paonia .
West Elk Wilderness. Coordinates: 38.7215196341°N 107.265293934°W[ 1] West Elk Wilderness. IUCN category Ib ( wilderness area) West Elk Peak is the highest point in the West Elk Wilderness. Location. Gunnison County, Colorado, USA. Nearest city. Gunnison, CO.
Elk Mountains. The West Elk Mountains are a high mountain range in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Colorado. They lie primarily within the Gunnison National Forest, and part of the range is protected as the West Elk Wilderness. The range is primarily located in Gunnison County, with small parts in eastern Delta and Montrose counties.
The Castles, elevation 12,296-feet (3,748 m), are situated in the West Elk Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. The landform is located 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Gunnison in the West Elk Wilderness on land managed by Gunnison National Forest. These 500-ft high pillars are the signature landmark of the West Elk Wilderness ...
08-57300. GNIS feature ID. 2413109 [4] Website. townofpaonia.colorado.gov. Aerial photo of Paonia, 2009. Paonia is a statutory town in Delta County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,447 at the 2020 census.
81434. Area code. 970. GNIS feature ID. 2805921 [2] Somerset is a census-designated place (CDP) and post office located in and governed by Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The population was 55 at the 2020 census. [3] The Somerset post office has the ZIP Code 81434.
The only working underground mine in Colorado in 2008 was the Cash mine, built in 1872, at Gold Hill in Boulder County. Each ton of ore yields about .75 ounce of gold at the mine, which daily extracts about 50 tons of ore. [4] 2004 nahcolite: Piceance Basin: American Soda pilot project that mined via fracturing ended after 3.75 years. [5] 2004 coal