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Mines in Otero County, New Mexico

Otero County, New Mexico has 28 mines on MSHA's register: 5 active, 1 intermittent, 22 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 51 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1986 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 587 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Otero 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 Otero County →

Mines on register
28
Active
5
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
587
1 underground · 27 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 28 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 22 abandoned 51 reported accidents, 1986–2025
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.
Otero County, New Mexico · Population 68,235
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$52,717
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
Aggregate Technologies LLC (AGGTEC) 2 1 0
Batte Enterprises 2 0 0
Loomis Construction Company Inc 2 0 0
Onyx Construction 1 0 1
A & S Construction Company Of New Mexico Inc 1 0 0
Addwest Minerals Inc 1 0 0
Alamo Materials Company 1 0 0
Alamo Transit Mix Corp 1 1 0
C S Mc Crossan Inc 1 0 0
Chaparral Sand & Gravel 1 1 0
Mines in Otero County28 on register
  1. R D BLANKENSHIP DIRT WORK LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · R D Blankenship Dirt Work LLC · MSHA ID 2901986
    Active
  2. Crusher/Screener #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Aggregate Technologies LLC (AGGTEC) · MSHA ID 2902165
    Active
  3. Tommy Blankenship Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tommy Blankenship Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2901894
    Active
  4. PIT #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Chaparral Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2902147
    Active
  5. Ortega Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Alamo Transit Mix Corp · MSHA ID 2900417
    Active
  6. ONYX PORTABLE 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Onyx Construction · MSHA ID 3200775
    Abandoned
  7. LA LUZ PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Aggregate Technologies · MSHA ID 2900445
    Abandoned
  8. Dugan Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · T Brown Constructors Inc · MSHA ID 2902005
    Abandoned
  9. Little Apache Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Batte Enterprises · MSHA ID 2902002
    Abandoned
  10. Penasco Sand and Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Penasco Sand and Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2902374
    Intermittent
  11. Crusher/Screener #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mesa Verde Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 2902164
    Abandoned
  12. TULAROSA PROJECT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jobe Concrete Products Inc · MSHA ID 2902163
    Abandoned
  13. CATHEY CANYON PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nielsons Skanska Inc · MSHA ID 2902225
    Abandoned
  14. Iron Duke Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gulf Coast Mining Group · MSHA ID 2902497
    Abandoned
  15. Alamo Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Alamo Materials Company · MSHA ID 2900416
    Abandoned
  16. B & P Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Thomason Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2902017
    Abandoned
  17. Crusher #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · A & S Construction Company Of New Mexico Inc · MSHA ID 2901847
    Abandoned
  18. Hiles Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · C S Mc Crossan Inc · MSHA ID 2901940
    Abandoned
  19. Indian Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Loomis Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2901761
    Abandoned
  20. L E Muncy Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · L E Muncy & Son Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2901781
    Abandoned
  21. Mayhill Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Swope Gravel · MSHA ID 2901932
    Abandoned
  22. Muncy Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · L E Muncy Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2900868
    Abandoned
  23. Pioneer Portable
    Surface metal/non-metal · Batte Enterprises · MSHA ID 2902068
    Abandoned
  24. PORTABLE CRUSHER
    Surface metal/non-metal · Derrick Construction · MSHA ID 2902151
    Abandoned
  25. Project #Hes 000 S(19)
    Surface metal/non-metal · J R Hale Contracting Company Inc · MSHA ID 2901858
    Abandoned
  26. State Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Loomis Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2901758
    Abandoned
  27. Timberon Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · North American Land Development Company · MSHA ID 2901757
    Abandoned
  28. Wind Mountain
    Underground metal/non-metal · Addwest Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 2902138
    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.