Name: Copper Mountain

 

County: Fremont

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1075535W

Latitude:  432644N

 

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Elevation: 8140/2481

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Summit

 

Origin of Name: 

Originally named Cone Mountain for the cone shaped appearance of the mountain. While hunting in this region, P. Williams found an outcropping of copper rock in the Little Rattlesnake Range. He located the Depass Mine and several others. The development never became profitable, but the mountain became known as Copper Mountain.

Source: WPA

 

Other Names: Cone Mountain

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Guffy Peak

 

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