Vernon Mine
Vernon Mine is a quarry in Ouray, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,407 feet. Vernon Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Ironton.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Ouray County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ironton and Animas Forks.
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 1½ miles northwest of Vernon 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 4½ miles east of Vernon Mine.
Camp Bird
Hamlet
Camp Bird is a tiny unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lies between the present towns of Ouray and Telluride. Camp Bird is west of Thistledown and reached by CO Road 361. Camp Bird is situated 5 miles northwest of Vernon Mine.
Vernon Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.91722° or 37° 55′ 2″ northLongitude
-107.65562° or 107° 39′ 20″ westElevation
11,407 feet (3,477 metres)Open location code
859JW88V+VQOpenStreetMap ID
node 369164246OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Vernon Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Vernon Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado)”
- Cebuano: “Vernon Mine”
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