Owens-Roybal Group
Owens-Roybal Group is a quarry in Taos, New Mexico and has an elevation of 7,201 feet. Owens-Roybal Group is situated nearby to the hamlet Chamisal, as well as near Cañoncito.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Taos County, New Mexico, United States of America
- Address: NM
Places of Interest Nearby
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 1¼ miles northwest of Owens-Roybal Group.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chamisal and Cañoncito.
Chamisal
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 2½ miles southeast of Owens-Roybal Group.
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 3 miles west of Owens-Roybal Group.
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 south of Owens-Roybal Group.
Owens-Roybal Group
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Taos, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.18308° or 36° 10′ 59″ northLongitude
-105.77502° or 105° 46′ 30″ westElevation
7,201 feet (2,195 metres)Open location code
858P56MF+6XOpenStreetMap ID
node 369155694OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Owens-Roybal Group” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Owens-Roybal Group”
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