Silverton is a small town in San Juan County in Southwestern Colorado. Once famous for its mining resources, it is now becoming famous with the extreme sports set, for a famously tough endurance run and a ski resort that focuses on giving skiers a back-country experience.

Howardsville

Hamlet

Photo: Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Howardsville is an unincorporated community in San Juan County, Colorado, United States, along the Animas River at the mouth of Cunningham Creek. It is located about two miles from the town of Silverton and 8 miles from the famous ghost town of Animas Forks, and is on the same road as the ghost towns of Middleton and Eureka. Howardsville is situated 6 km northeast of Buckeye Mine.

Middleton

Hamlet

Middleton is an unincorporated community in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. Its elevation is 9,794 feet. Middleton is situated 9 km northeast of Buckeye Mine.

Buckeye Mine

Categories: mine and industry
Location: San Juan, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.78916° or 37° 47′ 21″ north

Longitude

-107.63423° or 107° 38′ 3″ west

Elevation

3,718 metres (12,198 feet)

Open location code

859JQ9Q8+M8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369178943

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5415248

Wikidata ID

Q49402346

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In Other Languages

“Buckeye Mine” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Buckeye Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, San Juan County, lat 37,79, long -107,63)”
Cebuano: “Buckeye Mine”

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