New Almaden Mine

New Almaden, known in Spanish as Nuevo Almadén, is a historic community and former mercury mine in the Capitancillos Hills of , located at the southwestern point of in South San Jose.
Wikipedia
Photo: Carleton Watkins, Public domain.
  • Quarry
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,407 feet (429 metres)
  • Description: historic community in the Almaden Valley neighborhood of San Jose in Santa Clara, California, United States
  • Address: CA
  • Also known as
    “LaMina Santa Clara”
    “New Almaden”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Almaden Reservoir and Guadalupe Reservoir.

Reservoir
Photo: Jrballe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an artificial lake in the hills…

Reservoir
Photo: SMacAfee, Public domain.
is a … is situated 2½ miles northwest of New Almaden Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Almaden and Almaden Valley.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
, known in Spanish as Nuevo Almadén…

Suburb
Photo: EugeneZelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, commonly known simply as Almaden… is situated 3½ miles north of New Almaden Mine.

Hamlet
, also known as Casa Loma, is a sparsely… is situated 4½ miles southeast of New Almaden Mine.

New Almaden Mine

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Latitude
37.17689° or 37° 10′ 37″ north
Longitude
-121.83995° or 121° 50′ 24″ west
Open location code
849W55G6+Q2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369163187
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Geo­Names ID
5376535
Wiki­data ID
Q7005296

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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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