Mountain Pass Mine
The Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine and Processing Facility, owned by MP Materials Corp., is an open-pit mine of rare-earth elements on the south flank of the Clark Mountain Range in California, 53 miles southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Quarry
- Description: rare-earth elements mine in California, United States
- Also known as: “Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine” and “Sulphide Queen Mine”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mountain Pass.
Mountain Pass
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Photo: Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mountain Pass is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is situated on Interstate 15 in the southeast mountainous desert region of the state approximately 15 miles from the Nevada border at an elevation of 4,730 feet —the highest point along I-15 between California and Nevada.
Mountain Pass Mine
- Categories: rare earth mine, surface mine, and industry
- Location: San Bernardino County, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.47833° or 35° 28′ 42″ northLongitude
-115.53231° or 115° 31′ 56″ westElevation
4,734 feet (1,443 metres)Open location code
8576FFH9+83OpenStreetMap ID
way 125235908OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Mountain Pass Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mountain Pass Mine”
- Chinese: “Mountain Pass礦場”
- Chinese: “芒廷帕斯矿山”
- Chinese: “芒廷帕斯礦場”
- French: “mine de Mountain Pass”
- French: “Mine de Mountain Pass”
- German: “Mountain Pass Mine”
- Japanese: “マウンテンパス鉱山”
- Polish: “Kopalna Mountain Pass”
- Polish: “Mountain Pass”
- Russian: “Маунтин-Пасс (месторождение)”
- Russian: “Маунтин-Пасс”
- Spanish: “Mina de Mountain Pass”
- Ukrainian: “Mountain Pass Mine”
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