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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Doña Ana County, New Mexico

Doña Ana County, New Mexico has 482 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1941–1996, including 68 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts) and 278 prospect pits; 14 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 6 problems in the county, all of them reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 63 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Doña Ana 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)
482
Mine openings
68
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
0
MSHA mines marked abandoned
63
14 features carry a name278 prospect pits52 quadrangle maps, published 1941–1996 6 OSMRE problems, 6 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
    74 15.2%
  2. Prospect pits and trenches
    shallow exploration diggings that never became a mine
    278 57.0%
  3. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    32 6.6%
  4. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    104 21.3%
Named features on the maps14 named · from the USGS compilation
Name on map Feature
Black Prince Mine Adit
Bonney Spring Mine Mine Shaft
Empire Zinc Mine Adit
H & H Mine Adit
H & H Mine Adit
Hilltop Mine Adit
Lead Mine Open Pit Mine
Modoc Mine Adit
Modoc Mine Open Pit Mine
Rock of Ages Mine Mine Shaft
S K Standard Mine Mine Shaft
Silver King Mine Mine Shaft
Talc Mine Open Pit Mine
Vado Hill Pit Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated area

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 problems6 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
Modoc P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Modoc P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Organ Town P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Organ Town P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Stephenson-bennett P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Stephenson-bennett 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 Abandoned63 on register
  1. 575
    Surface metal/non-metal · C S Mc Crossan Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2901914
    Abandoned
  2. A Mountain Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · C S Mc Crossan Inc · MSHA ID 2901953
    Abandoned
  3. Aden Hill Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · St. Cloud Mining Company · MSHA ID 2902280
    Abandoned
  4. American Redi Mix
    Facility metal/non-metal · American Redi Mix · MSHA ID 2902393
    Abandoned
  5. American Sand & Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · American Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2902096
    Abandoned
  6. Anapra Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · El Paso Sand Products Inc · MSHA ID 2901268
    Abandoned
  7. ANTHONY SAND & GRAVEL
    Surface metal/non-metal · Anthony Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2902094
    Abandoned
  8. APACHE CANYON
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mc Nutt Construction · MSHA ID 2901702
    Abandoned
  9. ARM Mesquite Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · American Redi Mix LLC · MSHA ID 2902401
    Abandoned
  10. B L M Community Pit #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · M Guillen Stone · MSHA ID 2901994
    Abandoned
  11. B O A Palmer Park
    Surface metal/non-metal · Barite Of America · MSHA ID 2901793
    Abandoned
  12. B&J SAND & GRAVEL
    Surface metal/non-metal · B & J Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2901819
    Abandoned
  13. Bagging Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Big Chief Stone Inc · MSHA ID 2902065
    Abandoned
  14. Berino Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Del Norte Masonry Products · MSHA ID 2902213
    Abandoned
  15. BILL INMAN PIT #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Certified Sand Company Inc · MSHA ID 2900437
    Abandoned
  16. Chaparral Pit #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Chaparral Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2901745
    Abandoned
  17. CHIVETO'S PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · David Hernandez · MSHA ID 2901051
    Abandoned
  18. COM PIT #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Infante'S Rocks · MSHA ID 2901995
    Abandoned
  19. COMMUNITY PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · David Hernandez · MSHA ID 2902112
    Abandoned
  20. Community Pit #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · M & M Construction · MSHA ID 2901261
    Abandoned
  21. Community Pit #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Corona Rock Sales · MSHA ID 2902039
    Abandoned
  22. Crushers #Cr-17 & Cr-18
    Surface metal/non-metal · Burn Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2900434
    Abandoned
  23. Daniel S Guillen Inc.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Daniel S Guillen Inc · MSHA ID 2900982
    Abandoned
  24. Del Norte Masonry Products
    Surface metal/non-metal · Del Norte Masonry Products · MSHA ID 2900184
    Abandoned
  25. Donna Mountain
    Surface metal/non-metal · Acme Brick Company · MSHA ID 2901580
    Abandoned
  26. E & R Contractors
    Surface metal/non-metal · E & R Contractors · MSHA ID 2901377
    Abandoned
  27. EAGLE MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · American Eagle Brick Company · MSHA ID 2900078
    Abandoned
  28. Fisher Industries Plant 33
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2902187
    Abandoned
  29. Fort Seldon
    Surface metal/non-metal · CEMEX Construction Materials South LLC · MSHA ID 2902069
    Abandoned
  30. Foster Canyon
    Surface metal/non-metal · C N C Dirt Movers, Inc. · MSHA ID 0504953
    Abandoned
  31. Guzman Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mike Garza · MSHA ID 2902080
    Abandoned
  32. KEYSTONE #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Schneider Welding · MSHA ID 2902150
    Abandoned
  33. Kight Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kight Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2900940
    Abandoned
  34. Las Lunas Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Calmat Co of NM · MSHA ID 2902180
    Abandoned
  35. Little Black Mountain
    Surface metal/non-metal · Santa Fe Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 2901991
    Abandoned
  36. MARTINEZ PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martinez Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2902093
    Abandoned
  37. McCutcheon 1000
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hatch Gravel Source · MSHA ID 2902329
    Abandoned
  38. Mescla Redi Mix
    Surface metal/non-metal · Guillen Rockwall Builders-Contractor · MSHA ID 2901911
    Abandoned
  39. Mesilla Valley Cobble
    Surface metal/non-metal · Toro Rock Products · MSHA ID 2902351
    Abandoned
  40. Mossman Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jobe Materials LP · MSHA ID 2901130
    Abandoned
  41. N.S.E. Mesquite Sand and Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paso Del Norte Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 2902534
    Abandoned
  42. NEVAREZ BROS TRUCKING INC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Neverez Brothers Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 2901285
    Abandoned
  43. Organ Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Valley Transit Mix · MSHA ID 2901891
    Abandoned
  44. Organ Quarry Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Organ Quarry Inc. · MSHA ID 2902220
    Abandoned
  45. Perez Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Las Cruces Transit Mix Inc · MSHA ID 2900439
    Abandoned
  46. Pit 85-13-S
    Surface metal/non-metal · J W Jones Construction Company · MSHA ID 2900475
    Abandoned
  47. POR CR PRI/SEC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Burn Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2900440
    Abandoned
  48. Portable Crusher & Screen
    Surface metal/non-metal · CSC, Inc. · MSHA ID 2901955
    Abandoned
  49. Portable Plant #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Russell Sand & Gravel Co., Inc. · MSHA ID 2902431
    Abandoned
  50. QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Industrial Asphalt & Excavation · MSHA ID 2902188
    Abandoned
  51. Rainbow Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Apache Springs Company · MSHA ID 2901029
    Abandoned
  52. Ribble Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · T Brown Constructors Inc · MSHA ID 2902012
    Abandoned
  53. Sand And Gravel Pits
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dona Ana County Road Department · MSHA ID 2901457
    Abandoned
  54. SANTO TOMAS
    Surface metal/non-metal · Santa Fe Mining Company · MSHA ID 2900192
    Abandoned
  55. Screening Unit
    Surface metal/non-metal · K Barnett & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 2902126
    Abandoned
  56. Silica Clay Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · El Paso Brick Company · MSHA ID 2900851
    Abandoned
  57. SMITH AND AGUIRRE CRUSHER
    Surface metal/non-metal · Smith & Aguirre Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2901740
    Abandoned
  58. Smr Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Burn Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2901117
    Abandoned
  59. THE SUPPLIER MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · 151 Sand And Gravel · MSHA ID 2901794
    Abandoned
  60. Vado Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Broce Construction Company Of Nm Inc · MSHA ID 2901948
    Abandoned
  61. VALLEY TRANSIT MIX CRUSHING DIV
    Surface metal/non-metal · Valley Transit Mix · MSHA ID 2900424
    Abandoned
  62. Valley Transit Mix Mesquite Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Valley Transit Mix · MSHA ID 2902141
    Abandoned
  63. Wright'S Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wright'S Company · MSHA ID 2900895
    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
Prospect Pit 278
Gravel Pit 55
Adit 42
Mine Shaft 26
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 19
Gravel Pit 13
Quarry 13
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 10
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 7
Disturbed Surface - Pit 5
Borrow Pit 4
Open Pit Mine 4
P1 Vertical Openings 3
P1 Portals 3
Clay Pit 1
Clay Pit 1
Disturbed Surface 1
Strip Mine 1
Open Pit Mine 1
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 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.