El Paso Iron Pit
El Paso Iron Pit is a quarry in Grant, New Mexico and has an elevation of 6,847 feet.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Grant County, New Mexico, United States of America
- Address: NM
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chino mine.
Chino mine
Quarry
Photo: Marshman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Chino Mine, also known as the Santa Rita mine or Santa Rita del Cobre, is an American open-pit porphyry copper mine located in the town of Santa Rita, New Mexico 15 miles east of Silver City. Chino mine is situated 2½ miles south of El Paso Iron Pit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Bayard and Bayard.
Fort Bayard
Hamlet
Fort Bayard is an unincorporated community, in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. Fort Bayard is situated 5 miles west of El Paso Iron Pit.
Bayard
Village
Bayard is a city in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. It is near Santa Rita, east of Silver City. The population was 2,116 at the 2020 census. Bayard is situated 5 miles southwest of El Paso Iron Pit.
Santa Clara
Village
Santa Clara is a village in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Santa Clara had a population of 1,637. Today it is a bedroom community for nearby Silver City. Santa Clara is situated 5 miles southwest of El Paso Iron Pit.
El Paso Iron Pit
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Grant, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.82285° or 32° 49′ 22″ northLongitude
-108.07254° or 108° 4′ 21″ westElevation
6,847 feet (2,087 metres)Open location code
854HRWFG+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 369152394OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“El Paso Iron Pit” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “El Paso Iron Pit”
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