New Almaden Mine
New Almaden, known in Spanish as Nueva Almadén, is a historic community and former mercury mine in the Capitancillos Hills of San Jose, California, located at the southwestern point of Almaden Valley in South San Jose.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Carleton Watkins, Public domain.
- Type: Quarry
- Description: historic community in the Almaden Valley neighborhood of San Jose in Santa Clara, California, United States
- Also known as: “LaMina Santa Clara” and “New Almaden”
- Address: CA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Almaden Reservoir and Guadalupe Reservoir.
Almaden Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Jrballe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Almaden Reservoir is an artificial lake in the hills south of San Jose, California in the United States. It borders on the 4,163-acre Almaden Quicksilver County Park, which provides limited fishing, picnicking, hiking, and horseback riding activities.
Guadalupe Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: SMacAfee, Public domain.
Guadalupe Reservoir is a reservoir in Santa Clara County, California, United States, about 15 miles south of the city of San Jose, California. It is at an elevation of 614 feet. Guadalupe Reservoir is situated 2½ miles northwest of New Almaden Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Almaden and Almaden Valley.
New Almaden
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
New Almaden, known in Spanish as Nueva Almadén, is a historic community and former mercury mine in the Capitancillos Hills of San Jose, California, located at the southwestern point of Almaden Valley in South San Jose.
Almaden Valley
Suburb
Photo: EugeneZelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Almaden Valley, commonly known simply as Almaden, is a valley and neighborhood of San Jose, California, located in South San Jose. It is nestled between the Santa Cruz Mountains to the west and the Santa Teresa Hills to the east, bordering the town of Los Gatos and West San Jose neighborhood. Almaden Valley is situated 3½ miles north of New Almaden Mine.
Mountain Home
Hamlet
Mountain Home, also known as Casa Loma, is a sparsely populated area located on the eastern side of the Santa Cruz Mountains in unincorporated southwest Santa Clara County, California near Mount Chual and Rancho Canada del Oro Open Space Preserves. Mountain Home is situated 4½ miles southeast of New Almaden Mine.
New Almaden Mine
- Categories: mine, neighborhood, and industry
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.17689° or 37° 10′ 37″ northLongitude
-121.83995° or 121° 50′ 24″ westElevation
1,407 feet (429 metres)Open location code
849W55G6+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
node 369163187OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“New Almaden Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “New Almaden Mine”
- German: “New Almaden”
- Hebrew: “ניו אלמאדן”
- Japanese: “ニュー・アルマデン”
- Turkish: “New Almaden”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “New Almaden Mine”. Photo: Carleton Watkins, Public domain.