Mines in Colfax County, New Mexico
163Total
3Active
Colfax County, New Mexico has 163 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 3 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 60 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.
All Mines in Colfax County
| Mine | Commodity | Type | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C003-002 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | MRDS | |
| Hennigan Ranch Pit | Limestone, General | Producer | MRDS | |
| T.o. No. 1 Mine | Volcanic Materials | Producer | MRDS | |
| Ajax Mine | Gold | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Ajax Mine | Gold | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Alabama | Gold | Unknown | MRDS | |
| American | Gold | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Anaconda Mine | Copper | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Aztec Extension | Gold | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Aztec Mine | Gold | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Aztec Mine | Gold | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| B T U | Pumice | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Ben Hur | Gold | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Black Horse Group | Gold | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Black Horse Mine | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Blasted Pine Claim | REE, Thorium, Niobium (Columbium) | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Bull of the Woods Mine | Gold | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| California 1 Floersheim | Geothermal | Well | Unknown | MRDS |
| Chester Claim | Gold, Silver | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Cimarron Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Cimarroncito District | Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Cinder Butte | Pumice | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Confidence | Gold | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Contention Mine | Gold | Underground | Unknown | MRDS |
| Cook Hill | Pumice | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Dale Mountain | Pumice | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Deep Tunnel | Gold | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Deep Tunnel | Gold | Underground | Unknown | MRDS |
| Denver | Gold | Underground | Unknown | MRDS |
| Eagle Nest Pit | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Intermittent | MSHA |
| Elizabethtown - Baldy District | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Free Gold and Emerald Claims | Gold | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| French Henry Mine | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| French Henry Mine | Gold | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Galena | Gold | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Garst Mine | Gold | Underground | Unknown | MRDS |
| Gold Dollar | Gold | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Gold Leaf | Gold | Underground | Unknown | MRDS |
| Golden Era Group | Silver, Tungsten, Gold | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Golden Era Group | Gold, Silver | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Graphite Prospect | Graphite | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Harmon | Gold | Underground | Unknown | MRDS |
| Harry Bluff | Gold | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Harry Lyons Group | Gold | Underground | Prospect | MRDS |
| Hidden Treasure Hematite Creek | Gold | Underground | Unknown | MRDS |
| Hidden Treasure Group | Gold | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Hidden Treasure Willow Creek | Gold | Underground | Unknown | MRDS |
| Horse Shoe Crater | Pumice | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Iron Mountain Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Iron Mountains Prospects | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Jackson Hill Quarry | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Intermittent | MSHA |
| Jose Butte | Pumice | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Klondike Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Klondike Mine | Gold | Underground | Unknown | MRDS |
| Laughlin Peak Prospects | REE, Niobium (Columbium), Thorium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Legal Tender Mine | Gold | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Legal Tender Mine | Gold | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Loughlin Peak | Uranium | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Maldonado Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materals Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Monarch No 2 Claim | Gold, Silver | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Montezuma Mine | Gold | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Montezuma Mine | Gold | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Moore Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Moreno Centennial | Gold | Underground | Unknown | MRDS |
| Mystic Mine | Copper, Gold | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Mystic Mine | Copper | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Neill 3 Sauble | Geothermal | Well | Unknown | MRDS |
| Only Chance | Gold | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Oro Dredging Co Claims | Gold | Placer | Unknown | MRDS |
| Portable #1 | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Intermittent | MSHA |
| Paragon Claim | Gold | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Parker Pit | Sand, Industrial NEC | Surface | Intermittent | MSHA |
| Pay Ore | Copper, Gold | Underground | Unknown | MRDS |
| Portable Unit #2 | Dimension Marble | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Potato Canyon Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned and Sealed | MSHA |
| Prichard | Gold | Underground | Unknown | MRDS |
| R W Butt Pit | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Raton Deposit | Graphite | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Rebel Chief Mine | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Rebel Chief Mine | Gold | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Rebel Chief Placer | Gold | Placer | Unknown | MRDS |
| Red Bandana Mine | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Red Bandanna Group | Gold | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Red Mountain | Pumice | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Screen Plant #1 | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Screening Plant | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Shell Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Sheridan | Gold | Underground | Unknown | MRDS |
| Smuggler Mine | Gold | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Springer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Standard Graphite Co Prospect | Graphite | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Thunder Mine | Gold | Underground | Unknown | MRDS |
| Tomboy | Gold | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Tondrow Peak | Pumice | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Torres Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Unnamed Prospect | Pumice | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Unnamed Prospect | Pumice | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Unnamed Prospect | Pumice | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Pumice | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Unnamed Prospect | Pumice | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Unnamed Prospect | Pumice | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Unnamed Prospect | Pumice | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Unnamed Prospect | Pumice | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Yellow Dog Group | Gold | Prospect | MRDS | |
| York 1 Tex-Mex | Geothermal | Well | Unknown | MRDS |
| York Canyon Surface Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| York Canyon-Underground Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |