Ophir is a home rule municipality town governed by a general assembly and is located in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. It is located two miles from the Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant, the world's first hydroelectric plant to supply alternating current electricity for an industrial purpose.

Mountain Village

Village

Photo: SkiVillage, CC BY 3.0.

Mountain Village is a home rule municipality in San Miguel County, southwestern Colorado. It is located just southwest of Telluride, Colorado in the San Juan Mountains. Mountain Village is situated 5 miles north of Vera Mine.

Telluride

Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.

Telluride is in the southern Rocky Mountains approximately 100 miles from Four Corners, the intersection of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. Telluride is home to the Telluride Ski Resort, and home of an independent film festival.

Vera Mine

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

37.85666° or 37° 51′ 24″ north

Longitude

-107.83312° or 107° 49′ 59″ west

Elevation

9,669 feet (2,947 metres)

Open location code

859JV548+MQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369177531

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5442912

Wikidata ID

Q49456649

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Cebuano: “Vera Mine”

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