Uncle Sam Mine
Uncle Sam Mine is a quarry in Hinsdale, Colorado and has an elevation of 12,910 feet. Uncle Sam Mine is situated nearby to the locality Animas Forks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Animas Forks and Ironton.
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 2½ miles south of Uncle Sam 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 6 miles southwest of Uncle Sam Mine.
Ouray
Photo: Bede735, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ouray is a small town in Southwestern Colorado, magnificently situated in the San Juan Mountains and nicknamed "The Switzerland of America" for its scenery and outdoor recreational opportunities.
Uncle Sam Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Hinsdale, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.96694° or 37° 58′ 1″ northLongitude
-107.58478° or 107° 35′ 5″ westElevation
12,910 feet (3,935 metres)Open location code
859JXC88+Q3OpenStreetMap ID
node 369177705OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Uncle Sam Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Uncle Sam Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, Hinsdale County)”
- Cebuano: “Uncle Sam Mine”
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