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Mines in Lea County, New Mexico

Lea County, New Mexico has 34 mines on MSHA's register: 4 active, 7 intermittent, 23 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 63 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 1,006 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Lea 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 Lea County →

Mines on register
34
Active
4
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
1,006
0 underground · 30 surface · 4 facilities 0 coal · 34 metal and non-metal 7 intermittent 23 abandoned 63 reported accidents, 1983–2026
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.
Lea County, New Mexico · Population 73,154
16.0%
Mining share of county employment
$68,750
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
United Materials, LLP 7 0 0
Ponderosa Trucking LLC 3 0 0
Caliche Now LLC. 2 1 0
Caprock Sand & Gravel Inc 1 0 1
Appian Corp 1 0 0
Armstrong & Armstrong 1 0 0
Armstrong Construction Co 1 0 0
Borsberry Construction Company Inc 1 0 0
Collier Construction Company 1 0 0
Constructors Inc. 1 0 0
Mines in Lea County34 on register
  1. Intrepid Potash North
    Facility metal/non-metal · Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC · MSHA ID 2902028
    Active
  2. R. S. I. Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ramirez & Sons, Inc. · MSHA ID 2902287
    Active
  3. Lea County Pits
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lea County Road Department · MSHA ID 2901648
    Active
  4. Jal Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Caliche Now LLC. · MSHA ID 2902546
    Active
  5. CAPROCK PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Caprock Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2901062
    Abandoned
  6. Eunice
    Surface metal/non-metal · Permian Basin Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 2900504
    Intermittent
  7. Northcutt
    Surface metal/non-metal · United Materials, LLP · MSHA ID 2902296
    Intermittent
  8. Mobile #3
    Surface metal/non-metal · Armstrong Construction Co · MSHA ID 2900496
    Abandoned
  9. AP 446
    Surface metal/non-metal · United Materials, LLP · MSHA ID 2902354
    Abandoned
  10. Portable #4
    Surface metal/non-metal · United Materials, LLP · MSHA ID 2902426
    Intermittent
  11. Jal Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · United Materials, LLP · MSHA ID 2902422
    Intermittent
  12. Mississippi Potash Incorporated
    Facility metal/non-metal · Mississippi Potash Inc · MSHA ID 2901147
    Abandoned
  13. Carsbad / Hobbs Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Caliche Now LLC · MSHA ID 2902569
    Intermittent
  14. The Finlay 120
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ponderosa Trucking LLC · MSHA ID 2902541
    Intermittent
  15. Hobbs Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · James Hamilton Construction Company · MSHA ID 2901898
    Abandoned
  16. Maljamar
    Surface metal/non-metal · United Materials, LLP · MSHA ID 2902466
    Abandoned
  17. IROCK TS 516 SCREEN
    Surface metal/non-metal · United Materials, LLP · MSHA ID 2902468
    Abandoned
  18. CI Portable #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Constructors Inc. · MSHA ID 2902577
    Intermittent
  19. Forrest
    Surface metal/non-metal · Primal Crushing LLC · MSHA ID 4105258
    Abandoned
  20. TS516Irock88065
    Surface metal/non-metal · United Materials, LLP · MSHA ID 2902496
    Abandoned
  21. AR Junction
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ponderosa Trucking LLC · MSHA ID 2902581
    Abandoned
  22. Artesia No 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Armstrong & Armstrong · MSHA ID 2901811
    Abandoned
  23. Borsberry No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Borsberry Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2901944
    Abandoned
  24. Collier Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Collier Construction Company · MSHA ID 2901755
    Abandoned
  25. Graham Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · George Graham Gravel · MSHA ID 2901925
    Abandoned
  26. Lea County Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Appian Corp · MSHA ID 2901875
    Abandoned
  27. Lea Refinery
    Facility metal/non-metal · National Potash Company · MSHA ID 2900171
    Abandoned
  28. Lea Ville
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wasserhund Inc. · MSHA ID 2902543
    Abandoned
  29. Maljamar Pit #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sierra Valley Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2902120
    Abandoned
  30. National Tailings
    Surface metal/non-metal · Williams Brine Service · MSHA ID 2901384
    Abandoned
  31. Pit 84-1-S
    Surface metal/non-metal · J W Jones Construction Company · MSHA ID 2901979
    Abandoned
  32. Tatum North Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Loomis Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2901731
    Abandoned
  33. The Crockett
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ponderosa Trucking LLC · MSHA ID 2902580
    Abandoned
  34. Thomason Plant No 2
    Facility metal/non-metal · Thomason Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2901788
    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.