Animas Forks is an extinct mining town located 12 miles northeast of Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. The area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management.

Eureka is an extinct mining town in northeastern San Juan County, Colorado, United States, along the Animas River, between Silverton and Animas Forks. The town derives its name from the Greek interjection Eureka! Eureka is situated 5 miles south of Red Cloud Mine.

Ironton

Hamlet

Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.

Ironton is an extinct town located in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lay south of the present town of Ouray, adjacent to the sites Guston and Red Mountain Town, fellow ghost towns. Ironton is situated 5 miles west of Red Cloud Mine.

Red Cloud Mine

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

37.94527° or 37° 56′ 43″ north

Longitude

-107.59173° or 107° 35′ 30″ west

Elevation

12,129 feet (3,697 metres)

Open location code

859JWCW5+48

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369177708

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5435954

Wikidata ID

Q49443128

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In Other Languages

“Red Cloud Mine” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Red Cloud Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado)”
Cebuano: “Red Cloud Mine”

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