Abandoned mines in Grant County, New Mexico

1. Mine openings

   shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
   1,954 37.3%
2. Prospect pits and trenches

   shallow exploration diggings that never became a mine
   2,941 56.1%
3. Mines and surface workings

   labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
   158 3.0%
4. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

   construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
   99 1.9%
5. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

   what mining left above ground
   91 1.7%
6. Mills, tipples and facilities

   processing plants and hazardous structures
   1 0.0%
7. Other reclamation problems

   highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
   1 0.0%

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.

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.

1. Ahambra Mine

   Underground metal/non-metal · Hondo Mining Company · MSHA ID 2901304
   Abandoned 1980-05-23
2. Astrologer

   Underground metal/non-metal · American International Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 2901849
   Abandoned 1981-08-06
3. Billali Mine

   Underground metal/non-metal · White Pine Mining LLC · MSHA ID 2902399
   Abandoned 2013-11-01
4. Black Hawk Mine

   Underground metal/non-metal · Black Hawk Consolidated Mines Co · MSHA ID 2901877
   Abandoned 1989-09-30
5. Blackhawk

   Underground metal/non-metal · Louis Osmer · MSHA ID 2901665
   Abandoned 1978-09-20
6. Buckhorn Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · James Hamilton Construction Company · MSHA ID 2901908
   Abandoned 1983-06-20
7. BURRO CHIEF COPPER CO

   Facility metal/non-metal · Burro Chief Copper Company · MSHA ID 2901949
   Abandoned 2000-02-15
8. Candelaria Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · New Mexico Department of Transportation · MSHA ID 2902178
   Abandoned 2009-12-03
9. Carlisle

   Underground metal/non-metal · Royal Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 2901443
   Abandoned 1987-12-21
10. Carlisle

    Underground metal/non-metal · Royal Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 2901776
    Abandoned 1991-06-05
11. Cedar Rapids Cone Crusher

    Surface metal/non-metal · TG McCauley Inc · MSHA ID 2902415
    Abandoned 2012-07-26
12. Cedar Rapids Jaw Crusher

    Facility metal/non-metal · TG McCauley Inc. · MSHA ID 2902414
    Abandoned 2015-07-22
13. Center

    Underground metal/non-metal · Royal Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 2900752
    Abandoned 2008-02-12
14. Chieftian 2100 Screening Plant

    Surface metal/non-metal · Freeport McMoRan · MSHA ID 2902395
    Abandoned 2010-12-09
15. Chino Concentrator

    Facility metal/non-metal · Chino Mines Company · MSHA ID 2900014
    Abandoned 1983-01-10
16. Clum Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Sun City Mining Company · MSHA ID 2901447
    Abandoned 1978-09-20
17. Cobra Plant

    Surface metal/non-metal · Fowler Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2902345
    Abandoned 2020-04-21
18. Continental Ii

    Underground metal/non-metal · Sharon Steel Corp · MSHA ID 2900723
    Abandoned 1978-08-30
19. Continental Mill #1

    Facility metal/non-metal · Cobre Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 2900234
    Abandoned 1993-10-15
20. Continental Mill Complex

    Facility metal/non-metal · Freeport-McMoRan Cobre Mining Company · MSHA ID 2900731
    Abandoned 2018-02-01
21. CONTINENTAL PIT

    Surface metal/non-metal · D H Blattner & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 2902142
    Abandoned 1997-05-21
22. Continental Stripping

    Surface metal/non-metal · Co-Con Inc · MSHA ID 2901658
    Abandoned 1978-04-29
23. CONTINENTAL U/G COMPLEX

    Underground metal/non-metal · Cobre Mining Company · MSHA ID 2900233
    Abandoned 2001-01-09
24. CRUSHER #1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Blair Turner Construction · MSHA ID 2902173
    Abandoned 1999-04-01
25. Cyprus Pinos Altos Corporation

    Underground metal/non-metal · Cyprus Pinos Altos Corp · MSHA ID 2901906
    Abandoned 1995-12-08
26. East Camp Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Steeple Rock Mining Company · MSHA ID 2902066
    Abandoned 1992-02-10
27. Encino Vivo

    Underground metal/non-metal · American International Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 2901853
    Abandoned 1981-08-06
28. General Jackson

    Surface metal/non-metal · Mathis & Mathis Mining & Exploration · MSHA ID 2902062
    Abandoned 1992-06-23
29. Georgetown

    Facility metal/non-metal · Sierra Corp · MSHA ID 2901739
    Abandoned 1989-11-30
30. Gold Gulch

    Surface metal/non-metal · Paha Corp · MSHA ID 2901859
    Abandoned 1982-08-13
31. Gold Gulch Placer

    Surface metal/non-metal · Kmg Eagle · MSHA ID 2901239
    Abandoned 1990-07-26
32. Gold King-Imperial

    Underground metal/non-metal · Queenstake Oakcreek Mining · MSHA ID 2901778
    Abandoned 1990-10-01
33. Grant County Screening Plant

    Surface metal/non-metal · Grant County Road Department · MSHA ID 2901288
    Abandoned 1995-06-15
34. Great Eagle

    Underground metal/non-metal · Mc Cauley Mining Company · MSHA ID 2901360
    Abandoned 1981-11-19
35. Ground Hog Unit

    Underground metal/non-metal · Asarco Inc · MSHA ID 2900157
    Abandoned 1982-04-19
36. Hachita Sand Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Wheeler Construction Company · MSHA ID 2901746
    Abandoned 1979-12-31
37. Hanover Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Mc Taggart & Associates · MSHA ID 2901928
    Abandoned 1983-12-22
38. Hanover Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · St Cloud Mining Company · MSHA ID 2902055
    Abandoned 1991-01-17
39. Hanover Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · St Cloud Mining Company · MSHA ID 2902067
    Abandoned 1991-03-26
40. Hanover Mine Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Mc Taggart & Associates · MSHA ID 2901927
    Abandoned 1984-01-25
41. Hawkins Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Ward Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 2902133
    Abandoned 2011-07-13
42. Henry Bagby Crusher Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · T Brown Constructors Inc · MSHA ID 2901954
    Abandoned 1985-04-18
43. Hobo

    Underground metal/non-metal · Tayopa Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 2901807
    Abandoned 1981-10-21
44. Hollimon Crusher

    Surface metal/non-metal · Hollimon Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2901110
    Abandoned 1988-12-05
45. Hurley Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · James Hamilton Construction Company · MSHA ID 2901907
    Abandoned 1984-07-31
46. Hurley Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Earth Services · MSHA ID 2902334
    Abandoned 2008-02-26
47. Ivanhoe Concentrator

    Facility metal/non-metal · Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company · MSHA ID 2901882
    Abandoned 2012-12-12
48. Jaw Crusher Dubacher

    Surface metal/non-metal · TG McCauley Inc. · MSHA ID 2902418
    Abandoned 2012-05-15
49. Jh 4579 Ncr Primary Crusher

    Surface metal/non-metal · James Hamilton Construction Company · MSHA ID 2901876
    Abandoned 1983-01-24
50. K B Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Southwest Exploration Inc · MSHA ID 2900018
    Abandoned 2002-01-14
51. K M MINE

    Surface metal/non-metal · Southwest Silica Flux Company Inc · MSHA ID 2902134
    Abandoned 2000-01-19
52. Laura Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Summit Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 2901722
    Abandoned 1980-07-09
53. Lime Quarry and Lime Plant

    Surface metal/non-metal · Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company · MSHA ID 2901270
    Abandoned 1990-06-14
54. Lippmann/Fabtec Sycamore

    Surface metal/non-metal · T.G. McCauley Construction · MSHA ID 2902380
    Abandoned 2010-05-17
55. Littleton Screening Plant

    Surface metal/non-metal · Littleton Brothers Excavating · MSHA ID 2900826
    Abandoned 1992-09-14
56. Lower Charles

    Underground metal/non-metal · Tayopa Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 2901805
    Abandoned 1981-10-22
57. MATHIS & MATHIS MIN CO MATHIS LI

    Surface metal/non-metal · W L Maintenance Company · MSHA ID 2902060
    Abandoned 2000-04-04
58. McCauley Bear Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · T.G. McCauley, Inc. · MSHA ID 2902485
    Abandoned 2018-09-24
59. McCauley Cone Crusher

    Surface metal/non-metal · T. G. McCauley Inc. · MSHA ID 2902434
    Abandoned 2020-05-27
60. McCauley Track Jawplant

    Surface metal/non-metal · TG McCauley Inc. · MSHA ID 2902439
    Abandoned 2014-03-07
61. Middle Charles

    Underground metal/non-metal · Tayopa Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 2901804
    Abandoned 1981-10-22
62. Mount Royal

    Underground metal/non-metal · Summit Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 2901864
    Abandoned 1981-07-28
63. MSCI Crusher # 6

    Surface metal/non-metal · Mountain States Constructors Inc · MSHA ID 2902532
    Abandoned 2025-08-26
64. NEW LOST SUMMIT #1 BANKS

    Underground metal/non-metal · Royal Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 2901637
    Abandoned 1998-07-22
65. NOONDAY S & G

    Surface metal/non-metal · Terrazas Inc · MSHA ID 2902179
    Abandoned 2002-09-09
66. Open Pit & Continental Surf Comp

    Surface metal/non-metal · Freeport-McMoRan Cobre Mining Company · MSHA ID 2900725
    Abandoned 2018-02-01
67. Petanke

    Underground metal/non-metal · Southwest Exploration Inc · MSHA ID 2902045
    Abandoned 1991-01-02
68. Pinos Altos Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Exxon Minerals Company · MSHA ID 2901851
    Abandoned 1981-02-20
69. Powerscreen

    Surface metal/non-metal · T.G. McCauley Construction · MSHA ID 2902379
    Abandoned 2010-05-18
70. Precipitation Plant

    Facility metal/non-metal · Jacobs Promise Company · MSHA ID 2900356
    Abandoned 1979-09-27
71. Rose Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Rogers Mining Inc · MSHA ID 2901981
    Abandoned 1985-09-19
72. Rose Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Silver Rose Corp · MSHA ID 2902145
    Abandoned 1996-10-01
73. San Man

    Surface metal/non-metal · San Man · MSHA ID 2901975
    Abandoned 2006-01-30
74. Shamrock Shaft No 1

    Underground metal/non-metal · American International Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 2901852
    Abandoned 1981-08-06
75. Sunset

    Underground metal/non-metal · Douglas Hanson · MSHA ID 2901156
    Abandoned 1996-04-01
76. SX-EW

    Facility metal/non-metal · Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company · MSHA ID 2900762
    Abandoned 2012-09-26
77. Top Of The World

    Underground metal/non-metal · Tayopa Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 2901806
    Abandoned 1981-10-21
78. Tyrone Mill

    Facility metal/non-metal · Phelps Dodge Corp · MSHA ID 2900699
    Abandoned 1978-08-08
79. W D Mill

    Facility metal/non-metal · H & H Minerals · MSHA ID 2901800
    Abandoned 1982-01-20

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

• Hidalgo County 1,747
• Sierra County 1,497
• Socorro County 1,259
• Luna County 1,164
• Lea County 890
• Lincoln County 803
• Sandoval County 650
• McKinley County 621
• Eddy County 591
• Santa Fe County 566
• Doña Ana County 482
• Colfax County 343

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.