Lone Cone | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 12,618 ft (3,846 m) [1] [2] |
Prominence | 2,273 ft (693 m) [3] |
Isolation | 8.40 mi (13.52 km) [3] |
Listing | Colorado prominent summits |
Coordinates | 37°53′17″N 108°15′20″W / 37.8879934°N 108.2556107°W [1] |
Geography | |
Location | Dolores and San Miguel counties, Colorado, United States [4] |
Parent range | San Miguel Mountains [3] |
Topo map |
USGS 7.5' topographic map Lone Cone, Colorado [1] |
Lone Cone is a prominent mountain summit at the western end of the San Miguel Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 12,618-foot (3,846 m) peak is located 24.2 miles (38.9 km) west by south ( bearing 262°) of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating San Juan National Forest and Dolores County from Uncompahgre National Forest and San Miguel County. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The mountain, a laccolith, is between 20 and 40 million years old and is the westernmost of over a dozen laccoliths that are the same age as rocks in the San Juan volcanic field. [5]