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Mines in Hidalgo County, New Mexico

Hidalgo County, New Mexico has 19 mines on MSHA's register: 19 abandoned. 20 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1988 and 2010. Inspectors have issued 120 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Hidalgo 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 Hidalgo County →

Mines on register
19
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
120
6 underground · 10 surface · 3 facilities 0 coal · 19 metal and non-metal 19 abandoned 20 reported accidents, 1988–2010
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.
Hidalgo County, New Mexico · Population 4,097
7.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,076
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
Phelps Dodge Corp 2 0 0
A J Gilbert Construction Company 1 0 0
Becksilver Mines Inc 1 0 0
Bush Mining & Ranching 1 0 0
Dane Mining & Exploration Ltd 1 0 0
Don Still Company 1 0 0
H & H Minerals 1 0 0
High Desert Mining LLC 1 0 0
Leonard Jensen 1 0 0
Lordsburg Mining Company 1 0 0
Mines in Hidalgo County19 on register
  1. Lordsburg Aggregate Production Facility
    Surface metal/non-metal · RailRock LLC · MSHA ID 2902263
    Abandoned
  2. North Atwood Tunnel
    Underground metal/non-metal · Lordsburg Mining Company · MSHA ID 2902059
    Abandoned
  3. Lordsburg Mining
    Surface metal/non-metal · St. Cloud Mining Co · MSHA ID 2900729
    Abandoned
  4. Banner Mill Site
    Facility metal/non-metal · High Desert Mining LLC · MSHA ID 2902357
    Abandoned
  5. W D Ranch Mines
    Underground metal/non-metal · Leonard Jensen · MSHA ID 2901802
    Abandoned
  6. 85 Proper Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Phelps Dodge Corp · MSHA ID 2900730
    Abandoned
  7. Brockman Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · A J Gilbert Construction Company · MSHA ID 2901841
    Abandoned
  8. Comstock
    Underground metal/non-metal · Bush Mining & Ranching · MSHA ID 2902127
    Abandoned
  9. Hidalgo Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Don Still Company · MSHA ID 2901747
    Abandoned
  10. Old Beck
    Underground metal/non-metal · Becksilver Mines Inc · MSHA ID 2900268
    Abandoned
  11. Oro Grande
    Underground metal/non-metal · Phelps Dodge Corp · MSHA ID 2901881
    Abandoned
  12. Poor Boy
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mdm Mining Ltd · MSHA ID 2902036
    Abandoned
  13. PORTABLE CRUSHER
    Surface metal/non-metal · W L Maintenance Company · MSHA ID 2902192
    Abandoned
  14. Silver Hill/Roadrunner
    Underground metal/non-metal · Peru Hill Mining Inc · MSHA ID 2902072
    Abandoned
  15. Spanish Gold
    Surface metal/non-metal · H & H Minerals · MSHA ID 2901801
    Abandoned
  16. Spanish Gold
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mina Amigos Mining Company · MSHA ID 2901887
    Abandoned
  17. Tayopa Mining
    Facility metal/non-metal · Tayopa Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 2901837
    Abandoned
  18. Valcano Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Valcano Mining Partners · MSHA ID 2902037
    Abandoned
  19. Volcano Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dane Mining & Exploration Ltd · MSHA ID 2901878
    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.