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Town
Querida, Colorado Location in Colorado Show map of Colorado Querida, Colorado Location in the United States Show map of the United States
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Custer County
Government
• Type	ghost town
Elevation	8,986 ft (2,739 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
GNIS feature ID	0203574

Querida (also called Bassick City) is a ghost town in Custer County, Colorado, United States. The town was built to serve the surrounding silver mines, the most important of which was the Bassick mine. Querida is Spanish for "beloved."

Geography

Remains of the Bassick silver mine, Querida

Querida is located at 38°07′34″N 105°20′04″W / 38.12611°N 105.33444°W / 38.12611; -105.33444 (38.1261125,-105.3344427).

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