Mines in Taos County, New Mexico

Taos County, New Mexico has 267 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 23 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is gold, with 68 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Taos County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Torres Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
El Grande Mine	Perlite		Producer	MRDS
El Grande Mine	Perlite	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Grefco No Agua Plant	Perlite	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Johns-Manville Mine 1959	Perlite		Producer	MRDS
Johns-Manville Mine and Plant	Perlite	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
M.i.c.a. Mine	Mica		Producer	MRDS
Moly Mill	Molybdenum	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
No Agua Mine	Perlite	Surface	Producer	MRDS
No Agua Mine Grefco	Perlite		Producer	MRDS
No Agua Mine Manville Sales Corp.	Perlite		Producer	MRDS
Pilar Pit 58-72-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Questa Mine	Molybdenum		Producer	MRDS
Questa Moly Mine	Molybdenum	Surface-Underground	Producer	MRDS
Red River District	Molybdenum		Producer	MRDS
Seven Hills Perlite Mine	Perlite	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Silbrico Mine	Perlite		Producer	MRDS
Silbrico Mine	Perlite	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Silbrico Plant	Perlite	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
State Pit No. M-14844	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
State Pit No.m-15276	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Tojo	Mica	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Tojo Mine	Mica		Producer	MRDS
#1 Crusher	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
#1 Crusher Vigil Mine	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Ajax Tunnel Prospect	Silver, Gold, Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Amizette Prospects	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc		Occurrence	MRDS
Amizette Prospects	Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Anchor Mine	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Anderson Prospect	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Aztec Prospect	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Blm Penasco Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Baldy Peak Claim	Uranium		Past Producer	MRDS
Banker	Gold	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Bear Canyon Prospect	Molybdenum		Occurrence	MRDS
Bear Canyon Prospects	Molybdenum	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Bernhardt Prospects	Copper, Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Berry Ext. Prospect	Zinc, Lead, Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Beverly Prospect	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Big Five Prospect	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Billy Goat Claim	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Bismuth Prospect	Bismuth		Prospect	MRDS
Bitter Creek Group	Uranium		Prospect	MRDS
Bitter Creek Mining Co. Group	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Bitter Creek Placer	Gold	Placer	Past Producer	MRDS
Bjb Prospects	Molybdenum	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Black Copper Group	Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Black Copper Mine	Silver, Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Black Point	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Black Scoria Mine	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Blue Feather Claims	Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Lithium, Beryllium, Mica		Occurrence	MRDS
Boston Queen Prospect	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Buffalo Mine	Gold, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Buffalo Mine	Silver, Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Bunker Hill Group	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Cabresta Canyon		Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Cabresto Lake Prospect	Graphite		Occurrence	MRDS
Cabresto Lake Prospect	Graphite		Prospect	MRDS
Caribel Group	Gold, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Caribel Mine	Silver, Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Cashier Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Cashier Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Cedros Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Champion Mine	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Champion Mine	Silver, Copper		Prospect	MRDS
Chance Group	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Commodore Prospect	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Comstock Prospect	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Copper King Mine	Molybdenum, Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Copper King Mine	Copper	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Cora Gibson	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Creek Tunnel Prospect	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Criterion Claim	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Cueva Blanca Mine	Kaolin, Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Deldosso Prospect	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Dulfney Mine	Calcium	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Dyke Tunnel Prospect	Molybdenum, Gold, Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
El Grande	Perlite	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Edison Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Edison Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Elizabeth-Baldy	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Enderman Prospect	Silver, Molybdenum	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Esperanza Claim	Graphite		Prospect	MRDS
Esther Prospect	Lead, Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Ethel Group	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Fairview Mountain Prospects	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Frazer Mine	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Frazer Mine	Molybdenum, Copper	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Garrapata	Mica	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Gilt Edge Placer	Gold	Placer	Prospect	MRDS
Glenwoody Camp	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Goat's Point Prospect	Bismuth	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Goats Point Prospect	Bismuth		Past Producer	MRDS
Gold Mint	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Gold Queen	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Gold Reef Prospect	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Golden Goose	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Golden Treasure Group	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Granger Placer	Gold	Placer	Prospect	MRDS
Granite	Copper, Molybdenum	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Gray Hawk Prospect	Fluorine-Fluorite	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Green Mountain Group	Copper, Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Green Mountain Group	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Guadalupe Placer	Gold	Placer	Prospect	MRDS
Hanosh	Silver, Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Harding Pegmatite	Beryllium, Lithium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)		Past Producer	MRDS
Harding Pegmatite		Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Harding Pegmatite Ext.	Beryllium, Tantalum		Occurrence	MRDS
Hercules Group	Molybdenum	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Highline Prospect	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Highline Prospect	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Hillside Prospect	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Hilltop Gold Placer Prospect	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Hondo Canyon Sillimanite-Kyanite Prospect	Kyanite		Occurrence	MRDS
Horner Prospect	Molybdenum, Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Hornet Group	Zinc, Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Hornet Prospect	Lead, Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
Independence Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Independence Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Indiana	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Inferno Group	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Inferno Prospect	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Iowa Group	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Iron Dyke Prospect	Iron		Prospect	MRDS
Iron King Prospect	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Jack Pot Prospect	Copper, Iron, Lead, Zinc	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Jacks and Sixes Group	Gold, Molybdenum, Silver		Prospect	MRDS
Jacks and Sixes Prospect	Molybdenum		Occurrence	MRDS
Jay Hawk Mine	Gold, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Jay Hawk Mine	Gold, Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Jefferson Prospect	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
June Bug Prospect	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Keystone Tunnel	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Keystone Tunnel	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
King Solomon	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Lake Fork Prospect	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Latir Claim	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Limestone Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Limestone Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Little Gem Prospect	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Log Cabin Canyon	Molybdenum		Prospect	MRDS
Log Cabin Prospect	Molybdenum		Occurrence	MRDS
Lone Star Lode	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Los Cordovas Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Lower Cabresto Canyon	Copper		Prospect	MRDS
Lund's Prospect	Kyanite		Prospect	MRDS
Mtc Inc	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Mammoth Placer	Gold	Placer	Prospect	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mem Phis Mine	Gold, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Memphis Mine	Silver, Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Mica Mill	Mica	Processing Plant	Unknown	MRDS
Mickelsen Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Midnight Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Midnight Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Moberg Group	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Molycorp Group	Molybdenum		Prospect	MRDS
Nashville Prospect	Gold	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Neptune	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Nickel Plate	Zinc, Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
No Agua Mine & Mill	Perlite	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Ortega's Gravel Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Oro Grande Co. of Pennsylvania	Gold	Placer	Prospect	MRDS
Owen-Roybal Group	Beryllium		Past Producer	MRDS
Owens-Roybal Group	Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium)	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Paul Burch Pegmatite	Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Beryllium	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Picuris	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Picuris District	Copper, Lithium, Beryllium, Tantalum		Past Producer	MRDS
Pilar Prospects	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Pinabete Canyon		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Portorico Prospect	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Purkapile Prospect	Lead, Zinc		Prospect	MRDS
Questa Mine & Mill	Molybdenum Ore	Underground	Abandoned	MSHA
Ragged Pants Dick Prospect	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Red River	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Red River			Prospect	MRDS
Revelation Manganese Deposit	Silver, Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Rio Grande Mine	Mica	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Rio Hondo Placer Group	Gold	Placer	Prospect	MRDS
Robert Lopez Excavation	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Robert Medina & Sons Costilla Pit	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Robert Medina & Sons Taos Pit Ii	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Rosita	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Sampson Prospect	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Sand Plant	Sand, Industrial NEC	Facility	Intermittent	MSHA
Sawmill Canyon Prospect	Graphite		Occurrence	MRDS
Scarlet Prospect	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Silver Bell	Lead, Zinc	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Silver King Prospect	Silver		Prospect	MRDS
Silver Queen Prospect	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Silver Star	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Silver Tip Group	Silver, Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Silver Tip Group	Silver, Molybdenum, Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Snyder Tunnel	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Solid Gold Group	Copper, Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
South Fork Mine	Silver, Gold, Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
South Fork Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
South Fork Peak Deposit	Molybdenum		Prospect	MRDS
Spanish Main Prospect	Gold, Graphite		Prospect	MRDS
Spring Gulch	Molybdenum		Unknown	MRDS
Stella Prospect	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Sylvia Tunnel	Gold, Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Taos Mill	Mica	Processing Plant	Unknown	MRDS
Tenderfoot Creek Prospects	Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
The Tungsten Mine	Copper, Tungsten		Past Producer	MRDS
Theodore Glass Property	Beryllium, Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Tom Boy	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Torres Pit Gonzales Sand & Gravel	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Tungsten Mine	Tungsten, Copper	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
U S Hill Mine	Mica	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
U. S. Hill Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
U.s.perlite Mine	Perlite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
United Perlite Mine	Perlite	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Upper Hondo Canyon Prospects	Lead, Silver		Prospect	MRDS
Varida Group	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Willard Prospect	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Williams' Claims	Molybdenum		Occurrence	MRDS
Willow Placer	Gold	Placer	Prospect	MRDS
Wilson Prospect	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Wilson Prospect	Gold, Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS