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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Bernalillo County, New Mexico has 188 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1952–2006, including 15 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts) and 10 prospect pits; 5 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 11 problems in the county, all of them reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 67 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Bernalillo County, every OSMRE abandoned mine land problem in the county, and every MSHA-registered mine here with status Abandoned. Named features are listed below; unnamed ones are counted by type. Locations are deliberately not shown: this page says what abandoned workings are in the county, not where to find them. They are dangerous and should not be entered.

Mapped mine features (USGS)
188
Mine openings
15
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
0
MSHA mines marked abandoned
67
5 features carry a name10 prospect pits22 quadrangle maps, published 1952–2006 11 OSMRE problems, 11 reclaimed 0 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed
What the features are
  1. Mine openings
    shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
    20 10.1%
  2. Prospect pits and trenches
    shallow exploration diggings that never became a mine
    10 5.0%
  3. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    11 5.5%
  4. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    152 76.4%
  5. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    3 1.5%
  6. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    3 1.5%
Named features on the maps5 named · from the USGS compilation
Name on map Feature
Canoncito Mine Adit
Ferro Mine Mine Shaft
La Luz Mine Adit
La Luz Mine Adit
York Mine Mine Shaft

A name is the label printed beside the symbol on the map. "First mapped" is the earliest topographic edition that shows the symbol, which bounds the feature's age from above; it is not the date it was worked. Unnamed features (most prospect pits, adits and shafts carry no label) are in the counts above but not this list.

OSMRE abandoned mine land problems11 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
2ferro Mine P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
2ferro Mine P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
2ferro Mine P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
2ferro Mine P3 Gobs Reclamation Completed
2ferro Mine P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Canoncito Mine P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Canoncito Mine P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Canoncito Mine P3 Gobs Reclamation Completed
Canoncito Mine P3 Other Reclamation Completed
Cedar Crest P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Cedar Crest P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed

Problem types carry OSMRE's priority prefix: P1 and P2 are threats to health, safety and property, P3 is environmental. A problem area is a cluster of problems reclaimed as one project; several rows can share one location.

MSHA-registered mines with status Abandoned67 on register
  1. 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · J W Jones Construction Company · MSHA ID 2902071
    Abandoned
  2. 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · J W Jones Construction Company · MSHA ID 2902032
    Abandoned
  3. 9700 N 2nd Crusher
    Facility metal/non-metal · Cstw Inc-Crego Block Company · MSHA ID 2901055
    Abandoned
  4. Albuquerque Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Plano Enterprises LLC aka Plano Ent LLC · MSHA ID 2902420
    Abandoned
  5. Alta No 1 Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Alta Construction Corp · MSHA ID 2900454
    Abandoned
  6. Baca Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Aggregate Specialists Of New Mexico · MSHA ID 2901916
    Abandoned
  7. BACA PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Alfred Baca Trucking · MSHA ID 2901809
    Abandoned
  8. Blaze Crusher #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Blaze Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2900827
    Abandoned
  9. Blaze Crusher #4
    Surface metal/non-metal · Blaze Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2902109
    Abandoned
  10. BROADWAY PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Chava Trucking · MSHA ID 2902203
    Abandoned
  11. Chieftain Screen
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hard Rock Ent LLC · MSHA ID 2902366
    Abandoned
  12. Chiefton Powerscreen
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lafarge West Inc · MSHA ID 2902232
    Abandoned
  13. Cone #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · PG Enterprises, LLC · MSHA ID 2902493
    Abandoned
  14. Crusher No 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mountain States Constructors Inc · MSHA ID 2901643
    Abandoned
  15. Crushing And Milling Section
    Facility metal/non-metal · American Gypsum Company · MSHA ID 2901687
    Abandoned
  16. DDT Aggregate
    Surface metal/non-metal · DDT Aggregate · MSHA ID 2902347
    Abandoned
  17. Delmar Crushing Incorporated
    Surface metal/non-metal · Delmar Crushing Inc · MSHA ID 2902103
    Abandoned
  18. Dolphin Trucking Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dolphin Trucking · MSHA ID 2901484
    Abandoned
  19. Douglas Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Stoneworks LLC · MSHA ID 2902301
    Abandoned
  20. EDGEWOOD PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Calmat Company Of New Mexico · MSHA ID 2901434
    Abandoned
  21. Hale Crusher #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · J R Hale Contracting Company Inc · MSHA ID 2902034
    Abandoned
  22. Henderson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Steve Henderson Construction Material Inc · MSHA ID 2901976
    Abandoned
  23. Impactor #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · PG Enterprises, LLC · MSHA ID 2902491
    Abandoned
  24. ISLETA PITS
    Surface metal/non-metal · Isleta Cinder & Gravel · MSHA ID 2900906
    Abandoned
  25. Jaw Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hard Rock Ent LLC · MSHA ID 2902367
    Abandoned
  26. Kinney Brick Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Kinney Brick Company Inc · MSHA ID 2901328
    Abandoned
  27. Laguna Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · RGRM, LLC · MSHA ID 2902451
    Abandoned
  28. Loomis #7
    Surface metal/non-metal · Loomis Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2901845
    Abandoned
  29. LOS LUNAS
    Surface metal/non-metal · Western Mobile New Mexico Inc · MSHA ID 2902161
    Abandoned
  30. M & L J Construction
    Surface metal/non-metal · M & L J Construction · MSHA ID 2902235
    Abandoned
  31. Mary M #2
    Underground metal/non-metal · Little Apples Mining Company · MSHA ID 2901786
    Abandoned
  32. Mcelroy Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mc Elroy Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2901649
    Abandoned
  33. Melrose Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · B&B Solvent LLC · MSHA ID 2902410
    Abandoned
  34. Morris Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Alameda Sand & Gravel Co · MSHA ID 2900993
    Abandoned
  35. MOUNTAIN STATES NO 3
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mountain States Constructors Inc · MSHA ID 2902110
    Abandoned
  36. Nature Pointe
    Surface metal/non-metal · J & H Services Inc · MSHA ID 2902372
    Abandoned
  37. Osuna
    Surface metal/non-metal · Western Mobile New Mexico Inc · MSHA ID 2900499
    Abandoned
  38. Perry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Perry Sales Inc · MSHA ID 2901514
    Abandoned
  39. Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Utility Block Company Inc · MSHA ID 2900991
    Abandoned
  40. PORTABLE CR #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cedar Rapids · MSHA ID 2902406
    Abandoned
  41. Portable Crusher (P-3)
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lafarge Southwest · MSHA ID 2902137
    Abandoned
  42. Portable Crushing Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · VP Construction · MSHA ID 2902358
    Abandoned
  43. Portable Crushing Plant No 5
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southway Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2901903
    Abandoned
  44. Powerscreen #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · PG Enterprises, LLC · MSHA ID 2902494
    Abandoned
  45. Powerway Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Steve Saavedra · MSHA ID 2901686
    Abandoned
  46. Ribble Crusher #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ribble Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 2902022
    Abandoned
  47. Rio Puerco
    Surface metal/non-metal · Albuquerque Redi Mix Inc · MSHA ID 2902353
    Abandoned
  48. Riverside Construction
    Surface metal/non-metal · Riverside Construction Company · MSHA ID 2902006
    Abandoned
  49. Salls Portable Mine #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Salls Brothers Construction, Inc · MSHA ID 2902259
    Abandoned
  50. San Pedro Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · San Pedro Mining Corp · MSHA ID 2902124
    Abandoned
  51. Sandia Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Waycor Materials · MSHA ID 2902149
    Abandoned
  52. Sandia Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Calmat Company Of New Mexico · MSHA ID 2900478
    Abandoned
  53. Sandia Vista
    Surface metal/non-metal · Springer Building Materials Corp · MSHA ID 2900492
    Abandoned
  54. Screening Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · J W Jones Construction Company · MSHA ID 2902108
    Abandoned
  55. SEDILLO HILL
    Surface metal/non-metal · Western Mobile New Mexico Inc · MSHA ID 2901380
    Abandoned
  56. Sena Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sena Construction · MSHA ID 2902248
    Abandoned
  57. Shakespeare Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · CalMat Co · MSHA ID 2900418
    Abandoned
  58. Steve Saavedra Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Steve Saavedra · MSHA ID 2902123
    Abandoned
  59. Tijeras Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Armenta Trucking · MSHA ID 2901255
    Abandoned
  60. Tijeras Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ideal Basic Industries-Cement Division · MSHA ID 2901787
    Abandoned
  61. Vallejos Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ray'S Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2900444
    Abandoned
  62. Valley Pit & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Valley Concrete Company · MSHA ID 2900500
    Abandoned
  63. Villegas Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sangre De Cristo Gravel Products, LLC · MSHA ID 2902326
    Abandoned
  64. Wash Plant # 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ameristar Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2902335
    Abandoned
  65. Westside Materials
    Surface metal/non-metal · Westside Materials · MSHA ID 2901342
    Abandoned
  66. WYLIE NO 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wylie Corp · MSHA ID 2901455
    Abandoned
  67. Wylie No 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wylie Corp · MSHA ID 2901162
    Abandoned

Status and date are as reported to MSHA by the operator. Each mine's own page carries its accident, citation and inspection record.

By source vocabularythe publishers' own terms
Feature type Features
Gravel Pit 46
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 36
Gravel Pit 34
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 13
Quarry 12
Prospect Pit 10
Adit 9
Quarry 8
Disturbed Surface 7
Mine Shaft 6
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 4
P1 Portals 2
P2 Subsidence 2
P3 Gobs 2
P2 Portals 1
P3 Other 1
P2 Vertical Openings 1
P1 Vertical Openings 1
Sand Pit 1
Sand Pit 1
P3 Spoil Area 1
Clay Pit 1
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How to read these numbers

A USGS feature is a symbol on a historical topographic map, there when the map was surveyed; it may since have been sealed, reclaimed, built over or reopened as a working mine, and the map does not say which. An OSMRE row is a problem the abandoned mine land program tracks, not a mine. An MSHA mine is a registered operation whose operator reported abandonment, a record that starts in the 1970s. The three overlap and are never added together. The county is assigned from each feature's coordinates against the Census 2023 county boundaries. The full method is on the national page.

Sources
  1. USGS, Consolidated Prospect- and Mine-Related Features from 7.5- and 15-Minute Topographic Quadrangle Maps of the United States (USMIN)
    597,612 point and area features digitized from about 106,350 historical topographic maps published 1886–2006; public domain (CC0). A feature is a map symbol, not a field-verified site, and the map does not say whether it was still worked.
  2. USGS Fact Sheet 2025–3003, The Abandoned Mine Inventory of the United States
    States that as of 2025 there is no comprehensive national inventory of abandoned mine features, and that the detailed national database now being built will not be published.
  3. OSMRE, Abandoned Mine Land Inventory System (e-AMLIS), public Problems layer
    One row per abandoned mine land problem in a problem area, with its type, funding program and reclamation status; mostly coal mined before the 1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. Coordinates are the problem area's.
  4. MSHA, Mines dataset (Mine Data Retrieval System)
    Every mine registered with MSHA since the 1970s; a mine reads Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed when its operator reported that status. Refreshed weekly.
  5. US Census Bureau, 2023 cartographic county boundaries (1:500,000)
    Each feature's county is assigned by its coordinates against these boundaries, not copied from the source file.
  6. GAO-20-238, Abandoned Hardrock Mines (March 2020)
    Federal agencies had identified at least 140,000 abandoned hardrock mine features on federal land and estimated more than 390,000 more not yet captured in their databases.
  7. Abandoned Hardrock Mine Reclamation (AHMR) Program, US Department of the Interior
    The program the USGS inventory is compiled for. Its appropriations and the 674,000 field-confirmed feature count on this page were provided by the program manager, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, and are cited with permission (2026-09-08).
  8. IMCC-NAAMLP Hardrock AML Report
    Page 48 carries the two figures this page leans on: USGS estimates 633,181 of the 725,690 mine features it recorded from historic topographic maps, 87 percent, are hardrock; and state and federal agencies have submitted more than 724,000 AML features to the national database being built, already more than the historic maps hold. Year-by-year AHMR funding is on page 35.