Lone Cone (Colorado)

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]

Lone Cone
Lone Cone from the south
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 [1]
Geography
Lone Cone Colorado
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]

Geology

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]

Historical names

• Lone Cone – 1906 [4]
• West Point

See also

• List of Colorado mountain ranges
• List of Colorado mountain summits
  • List of Colorado fourteeners
  • List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits
  • List of the most prominent summits of Colorado
• List of Colorado county high points

References

1. "LONE CONE". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
2. The elevation of Lone Cone includes an adjustment of +1.698 m (+5.57 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
3. "Lone Cone, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
4. "Lone Cone". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
5. Williams, Felicie; Chronic, Halka (2014). Roadside geology of Colorado (3rd ed.). Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Company. p. 346. ISBN 9780878426096. LCCN 2013025258.

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