La Luz Mine
La Luz Mine is a quarry in Sandoval, New Mexico and has an elevation of 6,942 feet. La Luz Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Placitas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States
- Address: NM
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sandia Cave.
Sandia Cave
Cave
Photo: Skarz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sandia Cave, also called the Sandia Man Cave, is an archaeological site near Bernalillo, New Mexico, within Cibola National Forest. First discovered and excavated in the 1930s, the site exhibits purported evidence of human use from 9,000 to 11,000 years ago. Sandia Cave is situated 1¼ miles west of La Luz Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Placitas and Sandia Park.
Placitas
Hamlet
Placitas is a census-designated place in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,977. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area. Placitas is situated 4½ miles northwest of La Luz Mine.
Sandia Park
Hamlet
Photo: Jim Legans, Jr, CC BY 2.0.
Sandia Park is a census-designated place in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 237 as of the 2010 census and 265 as of the 2020 census. Sandia Park is situated 6 miles south of La Luz Mine.
La Luz Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Sandoval, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.25588° or 35° 15′ 21″ northLongitude
-106.38225° or 106° 22′ 56″ westElevation
6,942 feet (2,116 metres)Open location code
857M7J49+94OpenStreetMap ID
node 369160333OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“La Luz Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “La Luz Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Sandoval County)”
- Cebuano: “La Luz Mine”
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