La Cuestecita
La Cuestecita is a hamlet in Rio Arriba, New Mexico and has an elevation of 6,900 feet. La Cuestecita is situated nearby to the hamlet Vallecito, as well as near Cañoncito.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Harding Pegmatite Mine.
Harding Pegmatite Mine
Monument
Photo: Kent G. Budge, CC0.
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. Harding Pegmatite Mine is situated 2 miles north of La Cuestecita.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cañoncito and Ojo Sarco.
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 2 miles northwest of La Cuestecita.
Ojo Sarco
Hamlet
Ojo Sarco is an unincorporated community located in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. Ojo Sarco is located in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, 1 mile from New Mexico State Road 76 and 1.5 miles west-southwest of Las Trampas. Ojo Sarco is situated 3 miles south of La Cuestecita.
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 3½ miles southeast of La Cuestecita.
La Cuestecita
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Rio Arriba, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.16419° or 36° 9′ 51″ northLongitude
-105.80391° or 105° 48′ 14″ westElevation
6,900 feet (2,103 metres)Open location code
858P557W+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 151934157OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5474815
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