Sunshine Mine
Sunshine Mine is a mine in San Juan, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,581 feet. Sunshine Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Ironton, as well as near the mountain saddle Red Mountain Pass.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Red Mountain Pass.
Red Mountain Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Rodyx, Public domain.
Red Mountain Pass is a mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of western Colorado in the United States. The pass straddles a divide that separates Ouray and San Juan counties. Red Mountain Pass is situated 2½ miles west of Sunshine Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ironton and Tomboy.
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 2½ miles north of Sunshine Mine.
Tomboy
Locality
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Tomboy is a ghost town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Tomboy was a mining town located 2 mi east of Telluride. At an elevation of 11,509 ft, Tomboy is one of the highest ghost towns in the United States. Tomboy is situated 6 miles northwest of Sunshine Mine.
Animas Forks
Locality
Photo: Kimon Berlin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Animas Forks is situated 6 miles east of Sunshine Mine.
Sunshine Mine
- Type: Mine
- Description: mine in San Juan County, Colorado, United States of America; geonames ID = 5440823
- Category: industry
- Location: San Juan, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Sunshine Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sunshine Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, San Juan County, lat 37,90, long -107,67)”
- Cebuano: “Sunshine Mine”
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