Cerro de las Marquenas
Cerro de las Marquenas is a peak in Taos, New Mexico and has an elevation of 7,644 feet. Cerro de las Marquenas is situated nearby to the hamlet Cañoncito, as well as near Montecito.| 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cañoncito and Dixon.
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.
Dixon
Hamlet
Photo: Carptrash, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dixon is an unincorporated community located in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, on New Mexico State Road 75, just east of New Mexico State Road 68, in the north-central part of the state, and is approximately 20 miles southwest of Taos.
Pilar
Hamlet
Pilar is an unincorporated community in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. It is located on the Rio Grande.
Cerro de las Marquenas
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 7,644 feet
- Description: mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Taos, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.20697° or 36° 12′ 25″ northLongitude
-105.81168° or 105° 48′ 42″ westElevation
7,644 feet (2,330 metres)Open location code
858P654Q+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
node 357592954OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Cerro de las Marquenas” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cerro de las Marquenas”
- Dutch: “Cerro de las Marquenas”
Localities in the Area
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