Harding Mine
The Harding Pegmatite Mine is a former adit mine that extracted lithium, tantalum, and beryllium from a Precambrian pegmatite sill. It ceased operations in 1958 and its owner, Arthur Montgomery, donated it to the University of New Mexico, which runs the site as an outdoor geology laboratory with mineral collecting permitted on a small scale.Photo: Kent G. Budge, CC0.
- Type: Mine
- Description: mine in Taos County, New Mexico, United States of America; geonames ID = 5470679
- Also known as: “Harding Pegmatite Mine”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cañoncito and Chamisal.
Cañoncito
Hamlet
Cañoncito is an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. Cañoncito is located on Embudo Creek, 3.4 miles east-southeast of Dixon. Cañoncito is situated 2½ miles west of Harding Mine.
Chamisal
Hamlet
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Chamisal is a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico. It is located along the scenic High Road to Taos. The population was 301 at the time of the 2000 census. Chamisal was founded by settlers on the Las Trampas Land Grant which dates back to 1751. Chamisal is situated 3½ miles southeast of Harding Mine.
Trampas
Hamlet
Photo: Elisa.rolle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Las Trampas or just Trampas, is an unincorporated hamlet in Taos County, New Mexico. Founded in 1751 to settle the Las Trampas Land Grant, its center retains the original early Spanish colonial defensive layout as well as the 18th-century San José de Gracia Church, one of the finest surviving examples of Spanish colonial church architecture in the United States. Trampas is situated 4½ miles southeast of Harding Mine.
Harding Mine
- Category: industry
- Location: Taos, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Harding Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Harding Mine”
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