Vermillion Tunnel Mine
Vermillion Tunnel Mine is a quarry in San Juan, Colorado and has an elevation of 12,438 feet. Vermillion Tunnel Mine is situated nearby to the locality Animas Forks.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in San Juan 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 1½ miles east of Vermillion Tunnel 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 4½ miles west of Vermillion Tunnel Mine.
Eureka
Hamlet
Photo: Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 4½ miles southeast of Vermillion Tunnel Mine.
Vermillion Tunnel Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: San Juan, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.93639° or 37° 56′ 11″ northLongitude
-107.60034° or 107° 36′ 1″ westElevation
12,438 feet (3,791 metres)Open location code
859JW9PX+HVOpenStreetMap ID
node 369177750OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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“Vermillion Tunnel Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Vermillion Tunnel Mine”
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