Abandoned gold mine records in Luna County
1 record marked abandoned by MSHA. They are listed for reference only. Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.
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| Name | Type | Status since | Nearest town | Land | USGS record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas One | processing facility | Apr 11, 1986 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Historic gold producers in Luna County (USGS)
USGS records 20 historic gold producers in Luna County: 18 past producers and 2 listed as producers or plants. For 10 of them USGS gives an output size (2 large, 2 medium, 6 small). Production years are recorded for 10 sites, from 1880 to 1952.
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| Site | USGS status | Output | Commodities | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victorio District | Producer | large | Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten, Arsenic | from 1880 |
| Chance Mine | Past producer | large | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc | 1880 to 1948 |
| Burke Mine | Past producer | medium | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper | 1895 to 1950 |
| Rambler Claim | Past producer | medium | Lead, Silver, Gold | 1904 to 1924 |
| Desdemona Group | Past producer | small | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold | 1885 to 1952 |
| International Mine | Past producer | small | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc | 1885 to 1947 |
| Excess Claim | Past producer | small | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc | 1887 to 1922 |
| Cincinnati Mine | Past producer | small | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc | 1900 to 1925 |
| Inez Mine | Past producer | small | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold | 1904 to 1927 |
| Hancock Mine | Past producer | small | Silver, Gold, Lead | from 1950 |
| Victorio Group | Producer | n/a | Silver, Lead, Gold | n/a |
| Burke Mine | Past producer | n/a | Lead, Gold | n/a |
| Chance and Jessie Mines | Past producer | n/a | Lead, Gold, Silver | n/a |
| Cincinnati | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Lead | n/a |
| Graphic | Past producer | n/a | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold | n/a |
| Hancock | Past producer | n/a | Lead, Gold | n/a |
| International | Past producer | n/a | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper | n/a |
| Jessie Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Lead, Silver | n/a |
| Marie | Past producer | n/a | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold | n/a |
| Rover Group | Past producer | n/a | Silver, Lead, Gold | n/a |
Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. Sites already matched to an MSHA record are shown in the MSHA tables.
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