McVey Tunnel Mine

McVey Tunnel Mine is a quarry in Gunnison, Colorado and has an elevation of 8,757 feet. McVey Tunnel Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Crystal, as well as near the village Marble.

Type: Quarry
Description: mine in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States of America
Address: CO

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Crystal Mill.

Crystal Mill

Ruins

Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.

The Crystal Mill, or the Old Mill is an 1892 wooden powerhouse located on an outcrop above the Crystal River in Crystal, Colorado, United States. It is accessible from Marble, Colorado via four-wheel drive. Crystal Mill is situated 1 mile east of McVey Tunnel Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crystal and Marble.

Crystal

Hamlet

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Crystal is a ghost town on the upper Crystal River in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. It is located in the Elk Mountains along a four-wheel-drive road 6 miles east of Marble and 20 miles northwest of Crested Butte.

Marble

Village

Photo: OneHistoryGuy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Town of Marble is a statutory town in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 133 at the 2020 United States census. Marble is situated 3½ miles west of McVey Tunnel Mine.

McVey Tunnel Mine

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

39.05379° or 39° 3′ 14″ north

Longitude

-107.1238° or 107° 7′ 26″ west

Elevation

8,757 feet (2,669 metres)

Open location code

85FJ3V3G+GF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369169365

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5430658

Wikidata ID

Q49431071

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Cebuano: “McVey Tunnel Mine”

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