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The Cerrillos Turquoise Mines are Ancestral Puebloan turquoise mines located in the Cerrillos Hills, 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Archeologists believe that most of the turquoise found at Chaco Canyon was mined in the Cerrillos Hills. Many modern Pueblo people claim to have ancient rights to these mines. [1]
The deposits of California and New Mexico were mined by pre-Columbian Native Americans using stone tools, some local and some from as far away as central Mexico. Cerrillos, New Mexico is thought to be the location of the oldest mines; prior to the 1920s, the state was the country's largest producer; it is more or less exhausted today. Only one ...
Los Cerrillos is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 229 at the 2000 census. Accessible from State Highway 14 or The Turquoise Trail, Cerrillos is on the road from Santa Fe to Albuquerque, closer to Santa Fe
This is a listing of sites of archaeological interest in the state of New Mexico, ... Cerrillos Turquoise Mines; Chacra Face Road; Chetro Ketl; Clovis, New Mexico;
Turquoise is mined in Iran, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and China, according to the Geological Institute of America. China is the world's largest producer of the stone, in particular the Hubei ...
Bonanza City is a ghost town, located 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Santa Fe in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. [1] The town was founded in 1880 as a mining town, following the discovery of gold and silver in the nearby Cerrillos Hills.
Mar. 7—The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a bill by a resounding vote of 69-30 to extend radiation exposure compensation to New Mexico residents with health problems that stem from fallout of ...
The supernatural beings Black God, Turquoise Boy, and Turquoise Girl are said to reside on the mountain. [9] According to Robert Julyan's The Place Names of New Mexico, the Navajos identify Cabezon Peak "as the head of a giant killed by the Twin War Gods" with the lava flow to the south of Grants believed to be the congealed blood of the giant ...