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Mines in Colfax County, New Mexico

Colfax County, New Mexico has 23 mines on MSHA's register: 4 intermittent, 19 abandoned. 8 are coal mines and 15 metal or non-metal. 5 miners have died and 566 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2013. Inspectors have issued 474 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Colfax County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Colfax County →

Mines on register
23
Active
0
Fatalities on record
5
Citations issued
474
5 underground · 16 surface · 2 facilities 8 coal · 15 metal and non-metal 4 intermittent 19 abandoned 566 reported accidents, 1983–2013
Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Colfax County, New Mexico · Population 12,336
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$52,690
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company 3 0 4
Taos Gravel Products 2 0 0
Herzog Contracting Corp 1 0 1
Angel Fire Corp 1 0 0
Anthony Paulick Owner 1 0 0
B T U Block & Concrete Inc 1 0 0
Bruces Gravel 1 0 0
Ciganovich-Construction 1 0 0
Colorado Quarries Inc 1 0 0
Julius Seidel 1 0 0
Mines in Colfax County23 on register
  1. Cimarron Mine
    Facility coal · Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company · MSHA ID 2900224
    Abandoned
  2. York Canyon Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company · MSHA ID 2900845
    Abandoned
  3. York Canyon-Underground Mine
    Facility coal · Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company · MSHA ID 2900095
    Abandoned
  4. Cimarron
    Surface metal/non-metal · Herzog Contracting Corp · MSHA ID 2901983
    Abandoned
  5. Tinaja
    Surface metal/non-metal · Taos Gravel Products · MSHA ID 2900495
    Intermittent
  6. Portable Unit #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Colorado Quarries Inc · MSHA ID 0504197
    Abandoned
  7. Eagle Nest Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Taos Gravel Products · MSHA ID 2902291
    Intermittent
  8. San Bar Materials
    Surface metal/non-metal · San Bar Materials LLC · MSHA ID 2902167
    Abandoned
  9. Jackson Hill Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kite Construction, Inc. · MSHA ID 2902536
    Intermittent
  10. Screening Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · W M Serazio Co. · MSHA ID 2902189
    Abandoned
  11. Portable Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sangre de Cristo Gravel Products LLC · MSHA ID 2902341
    Abandoned
  12. SCREEN PLANT #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bruces Gravel · MSHA ID 2902177
    Abandoned
  13. Portable Screener #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Red Hill Lava Products, Inc. · MSHA ID 2902516
    Abandoned
  14. R W Butt Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · R W Butt · MSHA ID 2902106
    Abandoned
  15. Block Mine
    Underground coal · Anthony Paulick Owner · MSHA ID 2900198
    Abandoned
  16. Deer Canyon Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kaiser Coal Corp Of York Canyon · MSHA ID 2901143
    Abandoned
  17. Franks #1
    Underground coal · Julius Seidel · MSHA ID 2900085
    Abandoned
  18. Luksich Mine
    Underground coal · Luksich & Sons Operators · MSHA ID 2900087
    Abandoned
  19. Parker Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ciganovich-Construction · MSHA ID 2902513
    Intermittent
  20. Potato Canyon Mine
    Underground coal · Kaiser Coal Corp Of York Canyon · MSHA ID 2901798
    Abandoned and Sealed
  21. Saladon Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Angel Fire Corp · MSHA ID 2901763
    Abandoned
  22. Sisneros Mine
    Underground coal · Sisneros Brothers · MSHA ID 2900086
    Abandoned
  23. Springer Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · B T U Block & Concrete Inc · MSHA ID 2902115
    Abandoned

Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.

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How to read these numbers

The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.