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 1 mile southwest of Sloan Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Placitas.

Placitas

Hamlet

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

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 3½ miles northwest of Sloan Mine.

Sloan Mine

Categories: mine and industry
Location: Sandoval, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.26226° or 35° 15′ 44″ north

Longitude

-106.39225° or 106° 23′ 32″ west

Elevation

7,129 feet (2,173 metres)

Open location code

857M7J65+W4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369157832

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5491811

Wikidata ID

Q49449597

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In Other Languages

“Sloan Mine” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Sloan Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, lat 35,26, long -106,39)”
Cebuano: “Sloan Mine”

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