The Harding pegmatite mine property has been donated to the University of New Mexico by Dr. Arthur Montgomery. The property is to preserved as a mineral collecting locality as well as a unique outdoor geologic laboratory. Visitors are welcome, but must first sign the necessary release forms; Please click on the "Release Form" item at left for information. Please restrict your mineral collecting to a few samples for your personal collections and be sure that your trash goes home with you.
Some Hints for Getting Around the Harding Mine Web Pages: These pages use an index frame on the left side of the window to access the photos and other information contained on the pages. To navigate the site, it is best to use this index frame in combination with the browser's "back" button.
To avoid unnecessary navigation, it is a good idea to not use the "Back to Home" graphic links found on many pages, since these will usually return you to this page. We are working on reorganizing the links to make navigation easier, but, given the number of pages you will find here, that a fairly large task that will not happen very quickly.
This site is now maintained by the Department's Webmaster, Please send your comments to connolly@unm.edu