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Emma Burr Mountain is a 13,544-foot peak on the Continental Divide in central Colorado, straddling Chaffee and Gunnison counties near Tincup in the Collegiate Peaks of the Sawatch Range. Its summit anchors a major watershed divide, with eastern runoff reaching the Arkansas River and western drainage flowing to the Taylor River, and it rises sharply above Mirror Lake. The mountain is also tied closely to the mining history of the Tincup district, where nearby lode discoveries in 1878 and rapid mine development gave local features enduring mining-era names. Its name was in print by 1882 and was officially adopted in 1963.
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Colorado · United States