Abandoned mines in Santa Fe County, New Mexico

1. Mine openings

   shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
   101 16.2%
2. Prospect pits and trenches

   shallow exploration diggings that never became a mine
   280 45.0%
3. Mines and surface workings

   labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
   33 5.3%
4. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

   construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
   172 27.7%
5. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

   what mining left above ground
   19 3.1%
6. Mills, tipples and facilities

   processing plants and hazardous structures
   4 0.6%
7. Other reclamation problems

   highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
   11 1.8%
8. Other

   symbols outside the classes above
   2 0.3%

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. 10-44 Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · Golden Gravel Products · MSHA ID 2901848
   Abandoned 1981-08-11
2. Agua Fria Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · Colony Materials Inc · MSHA ID 2900487
   Abandoned 1982-12-21
3. Agua Fria Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · Mc Reynolds Construction Company · MSHA ID 2901655
   Abandoned 1978-06-01
4. Arroyo Seco Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · Yates Corp · MSHA ID 2900823
   Abandoned 1988-08-01
5. Baca Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · Green Arrow Septic Pumping, LLC · MSHA ID 2902512
   Abandoned 2024-09-06
6. Becho Screen

   Surface metal/non-metal · Becho Inc · MSHA ID 2902100
   Abandoned 1995-05-15
7. Black Rock Cinder Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · Black Rock Services LLC · MSHA ID 2902523
   Abandoned 2022-09-14
8. Carache Canyon Decline

   Underground metal/non-metal · Ortiz Project Jv · MSHA ID 2902030
   Abandoned 1992-12-03
9. Cerrillos Gravel Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · Cerrillos Gravel Products Inc · MSHA ID 2901370
   Abandoned 1988-07-01
10. CERRILLOS MINE

    Surface metal/non-metal · Associated Asphalt & Material · MSHA ID 2900821
    Abandoned 2000-06-26
11. Copar Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Copar Pumice Company · MSHA ID 2900185
    Abandoned 1992-03-05
12. CR 45 Cone SN PCS325904

    Surface metal/non-metal · Super Ex, LLC · MSHA ID 2902524
    Abandoned 2021-03-30
13. Crego Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Superlite Block · MSHA ID 2900186
    Abandoned 2012-08-09
14. Crusher I

    Surface metal/non-metal · Montano'S Construction · MSHA ID 2901870
    Abandoned 1993-11-18
15. Crusher-#1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Mountain States Builders Inc · MSHA ID 2901071
    Abandoned 1987-04-30
16. DAVE'S SAND & GRAVEL

    Surface metal/non-metal · Dave'S Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2901644
    Abandoned 1997-06-23
17. Dra Quay

    Surface metal/non-metal · Hydro Filter Componet · MSHA ID 2901568
    Abandoned 1979-03-30
18. Edgewood Aggregates LLC

    Surface metal/non-metal · Edgewood Aggregates LLC · MSHA ID 2902303
    Abandoned 2012-12-28
19. Eloy'S Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Eloy Montano Sand · MSHA ID 2902086
    Abandoned 1995-10-18
20. General Pumice Mill

    Facility metal/non-metal · General Pumice Corp · MSHA ID 2901018
    Abandoned 1991-06-01
21. Hillcrest Pond

    Surface metal/non-metal · Enviroworks LLC · MSHA ID 2902508
    Abandoned 2020-07-20
22. Hummingbird

    Underground metal/non-metal · Cac Mining Company · MSHA ID 2900270
    Abandoned 1993-08-09
23. Jones Hill

    Underground metal/non-metal · Santa Fe Mining Inc · MSHA ID 2901922
    Abandoned 1984-02-02
24. King Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · J W Jones Construction Company · MSHA ID 2901248
    Abandoned 1990-06-04
25. Kings Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Oro Mountain Mining Corp · MSHA ID 2901860
    Abandoned 1988-06-30
26. Las Animas Mine

    Surface coal · National Energy Resources Of Colorado · MSHA ID 0503267
    Abandoned 1979-07-01
27. Leeder Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Leeder Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2901962
    Abandoned 1991-05-24
28. M & R PIT

    Surface metal/non-metal · M & R Construction · MSHA ID 2902087
    Abandoned 2004-02-09
29. Mc Reynolds Crusher No 2

    Surface metal/non-metal · Mc Reynolds Construction Company · MSHA ID 2901105
    Abandoned 1985-06-14
30. Miller Property

    Surface metal/non-metal · Ponderosa Aggregate LLC · MSHA ID 2902389
    Abandoned 2009-08-14
31. Montano'S Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Eloy Montano Trucking Company · MSHA ID 2901780
    Abandoned 1980-06-18
32. Nambe Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Montano'S Excavating · MSHA ID 2902091
    Abandoned 1993-01-04
33. North Red Bird Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · E Ulibarri Trucking Co · MSHA ID 2901306
    Abandoned 1979-03-30
34. OGLEBAY-NORTON US HILL MINE

    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul Parker Construction · MSHA ID 2900824
    Abandoned 2002-08-26
35. Ortiz Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Gold Fields Operating Company · MSHA ID 2901314
    Abandoned 1987-04-13
36. P-5

    Surface metal/non-metal · Western Mobile New Mexico Inc · MSHA ID 2902182
    Abandoned 2001-07-02
37. Pauline Faye

    Surface metal/non-metal · Reynolds Mining Corp · MSHA ID 2902038
    Abandoned 1991-04-01
38. Portable #1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Mesa Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2902092
    Abandoned 1992-11-09
39. Portable Crusher

    Surface metal/non-metal · South Valley Development · MSHA ID 2902407
    Abandoned 2010-09-09
40. Portable Plant P-4

    Surface metal/non-metal · Lafarge Southwest · MSHA ID 2902122
    Abandoned 2005-04-11
41. Quemado Mesa Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Eker Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2902321
    Abandoned 2006-08-05
42. R L Leeder

    Surface metal/non-metal · R L Leeder Company · MSHA ID 2901378
    Abandoned 2010-08-16
43. Rodriguez Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Rodriguez Brothers Industries Inc · MSHA ID 2902085
    Abandoned 1994-01-05
44. Rosario Gypsum Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Western Gypsum Company · MSHA ID 2900182
    Abandoned 1987-12-31
45. San Lazarus Gulch

    Surface metal/non-metal · Eagle/Mjb · MSHA ID 2902111
    Abandoned 1994-07-12
46. San Pedro Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · San Pedro Mining Corp · MSHA ID 2900294
    Abandoned 1995-02-24
47. San Pedro Rock Portable Plant #1

    Surface metal/non-metal · San Pedro Sand and Gravel · MSHA ID 2901900
    Abandoned 2017-08-04
48. Santa Fe Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · T Brown Constructors Inc · MSHA ID 2901350
    Abandoned 1992-08-27
49. SANTA FE PIT

    Surface metal/non-metal · CalMat Co · MSHA ID 2901961
    Abandoned 2014-09-23
50. Silica Queen

    Surface metal/non-metal · Oro Mountain Mining Corp · MSHA ID 2901161
    Abandoned 1994-09-06
51. Silver Silicia

    Surface metal/non-metal · Oro Blanco Mining LLC · MSHA ID 2902276
    Abandoned 2007-05-10
52. T S M #1

    Surface metal/non-metal · T S M Corp · MSHA ID 2901266
    Abandoned 1989-01-04
53. Tesuque

    Surface metal/non-metal · Alexander Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2901668
    Abandoned 1984-07-24
54. Travis #1 & #2

    Facility metal/non-metal · Scartaccini Mining Company · MSHA ID 2901861
    Abandoned 1981-11-06
55. Velasquez Aggregates

    Surface metal/non-metal · Velasquez Aggregates · MSHA ID 2902169
    Abandoned 2011-07-12
56. Waldo Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Associated Asphalt and Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 2902152
    Abandoned 2025-03-27

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

• Grant County 5,221
• 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
• 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.