Gold Mines in Sierra County, NM: 1 Open + 146 Historic

Gold mines in Sierra County that are not abandoned

Mine	Type	MSHA status	Employees
St Cloud Surface	surface	Active	24

Abandoned gold mine records in Sierra County

25 records 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.

Show the 25 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
Aragon Hill Mine	surface	Dec 17, 1990	n/a	n/a	n/a
Aragon Pit	surface	Aug 11, 1980	n/a	n/a	n/a
Arrowhead Placers	surface	Aug 2, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Blackhawk Mine	underground	Feb 14, 1983	n/a	n/a	n/a
Chance	underground	Jun 19, 1990	n/a	n/a	n/a
Cmc Research & Development	surface	Aug 3, 1982	n/a	n/a	n/a
Delores Placer	surface	Jul 17, 1980	n/a	n/a	n/a
Dutch Gulch	surface	Apr 5, 1979	n/a	n/a	n/a
Franklin No 1	surface	Aug 8, 1978	n/a	n/a	n/a
Gold Fever #5	surface	May 12, 1994	n/a	n/a	n/a
Goldco	surface	Jan 1, 1987	n/a	n/a	n/a
Granite Peak Mine	underground	Jun 18, 1986	n/a	n/a	n/a
Grubstake Mining & Exploration Incorpora	surface	Dec 13, 1995	n/a	n/a	n/a
Henry Blue Moon Mine	surface	Mar 29, 1993	n/a	n/a	n/a
Ladder #1 Golden Gulch Mining Company	surface	Sep 24, 1986	n/a	n/a	n/a
Ladder One Mill	processing facility	Sep 10, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Lost Arrowhead	surface	Oct 10, 1979	n/a	n/a	n/a
Poco A Poco	surface	Oct 20, 1992	n/a	n/a	n/a
Rattlesnake	underground	Jun 20, 1990	n/a	n/a	n/a
S & S Mining Company	surface	Jun 22, 1995	n/a	n/a	n/a
Shandon Placer Mine	surface	Aug 12, 1981	n/a	n/a	n/a
U S Treasury	surface	Jan 30, 1987	n/a	n/a	n/a
Weber	surface	Mar 30, 1987	n/a	n/a	n/a
Wicks Gold Mine Ltd	surface	Mar 31, 1987	n/a	n/a	n/a
William Harding Mines	surface	Apr 5, 1979	n/a	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in Sierra County (USGS)

USGS records 146 historic gold producers in Sierra County: 82 past producers and 64 listed as producers or plants. For 75 of them USGS gives an output size (3 medium, 72 small). Production years are recorded for 70 sites, from 1877 to 1980.

Show the 146 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Las Animas Placers	Producer	medium	Gold, Silver, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium	1877 to 1975
Black Range District	Producer	medium	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	from 1880
Lookout Mine	Producer	medium	Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Bonanza Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	1877 to 1948
Rattlesnake Mine 1877	Producer	small	Silver, Gold, Copper	1877 to 1923
Wicks Mine 1877	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	1877 to 1961
Emporia Mine 1880	Producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	from 1880
Ivanhoe Mine 1880	Producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	1880 to 1956
Keystone Group 1880	Producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	1880 to 1948
Sierra Cuchillo District	Producer	small	Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten, Beryllium, Molybdenum, Iron	from 1880
Antelope and Ocean Wave Mines	Producer	small	Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold	1885 to 1917
Bigelow Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc	1885 to 1950
Black Knife Group 1880's	Producer	small	Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold	1885 to 1961
Caledonia Mine 1880's	Producer	small	Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold	1885 to 1937
Chance Mine 1880	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	1885 to 1939
Colossal Mine 1880's	Producer	small	Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead	1885 to 1925
Comstock Mine 1880's	Producer	small	Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Manganese, Copper	1885 to 1941
El Oro Mine 1880's	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	1885 to 1951
Garfield-Butler Group 1880's	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	1885 to 1941
Grey Eagle Mine 1880's	Producer	small	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold	1885 to 1959
Illinois Mine 1880's	Producer	small	Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold	from 1885
Iron King Mine	Producer	small	Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Manganese, Gold	1885 to 1957
Jackpot Mine 1963	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	1885 to 1939
Keystone Mine 1880's	Producer	small	Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold	1885 to 1936
Lady Franklin Mine	Producer	small	Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Manganese	1885 to 1932
Little Granite Mine 1887	Producer	small	Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper	1885 to 1980
Mary Richmond Mine 1880's	Producer	small	Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc	1885 to 1940
McKinley Mine 1880's	Producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver	1885 to 1928
Midnight Mine 1880's	Producer	small	Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead	1885 to 1923
Nana Mine 1880's	Producer	small	Silver, Gold, Copper	from 1885
Nana Mine 1880's	Producer	small	Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Barium-Barite	1885 to 1915
New Era Mine 1880's	Producer	small	Silver, Copper, Gold	1885 to 1947
Palomas Chief Mine	Producer	small	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold	1885 to 1961
Pelican Mine	Producer	small	Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold	1885 to 1952
Ready Pay Mine 1880's	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	1885 to 1934
Sherman Mine 1880's	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	1885 to 1941
Silver Monument Mine 1880's	Producer	small	Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Zinc	from 1885
St. Cloud Mines 1880's	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	1885 to 1957
Templar Mine 1880's	Producer	small	Lead, Silver, Gold	1885 to 1936
U.S. Treasury Mine 1880's	Producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	1885 to 1947
United States Mine 1880's	Producer	small	Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold	from 1885
Virginia Mine 1880's	Producer	small	Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold	1885 to 1941
White Mountain Mine	Producer	small	Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver	1885 to 1944
Calamity Jane Mine 1890's	Producer	small	Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Manganese	1895 to 1952
Log Cabin Mine Pre 1900	Producer	small	Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc	1900 to 1928
Pittsburg-Shandon Placers 1900's	Producer	small	Gold	from 1904
Great Republic Mine	Producer	small	Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead	1906 to 1941
Oohoo Mine	Producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	1909 to 1947
Little Jewess Mine 1900's	Producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc	1950 to 1946
Matchless Group 1910's	Producer	small	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Manganese, Gold, Copper	1950 to 1958
Sierra Caballos District	Producer	small	Copper, Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver, Vanadium, Tungsten, Gold, Iron, Barium-Barite, Molybdenum	n/a
Macho District	Past producer	small	Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Vanadium, Copper, Manganese, Barium-Barite	from 1880
Old Dude Mine	Past producer	small	Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead, Vanadium, Copper	1880 to 1928
85 Mine 1880's	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	from 1885
Brush Heap Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc	1885 to 1922
Cliff-L-Embolite Mines 1930's	Past producer	small	Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold	from 1885
Dreadnaught Mine 1880's	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Copper	from 1885
Homestake-Tripp Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc	from 1885
Morning Glory Mine 1880's	Past producer	small	Silver, Copper, Gold	1885 to 1938
Palma Group	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Manganese	1885 to 1954
Republic and Wisconsin Claims 1880'sS	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	1885 to 1929
Black Peak Mine Pre 1900	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold	from 1900
Grandview Canyon District	Past producer	small	Tungsten, Bismuth, Silver, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Manganese	1908 to 1918
Marion Mine 1920	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite	1909 to 1947
Empire Mine 1900's	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1950
Fullerton Claim 1900's	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1950
Sweetwater Claim 1900's	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Zinc, Lead	from 1950
Bald Eagle Group	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Bi-Metallic Mine 1920's	Past producer	small	Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc	n/a
Gypsy Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold	n/a
Iron Mountain Deposits	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum, Zinc, Tungsten, Beryllium, Iron	to 1953
Lilliput Group 1910's	Past producer	small	Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold	to 1935
Prosper and Cincinnati Claims 1880's	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1885
Salinas Mine	Past producer	small	Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Molybdenum	to 1929
Silver Queen Group	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Tungsten	n/a
St Cloud	Producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead	from 1982
Alaska Group	Producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Bigelow	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Calamity Jane	Producer	n/a	Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold	n/a
Dreadnaught	Producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Copper	n/a
Great Republic	Producer	n/a	Silver, Gold	n/a
Ivanhoe	Producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Little Granite Mine	Producer	n/a	Silver, Gold	n/a
Log Cabin	Producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Republic	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sherman	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Silver Monument	Producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Copper	n/a
Virginia	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Hillsboro District	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Copper, Manganese, Iron, Lead	from 1877
Lake Valley	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Manganese, Gold, Zinc, Vanadium, Lead, Copper	from 1878
Kingston District	Past producer	n/a	Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Manganese	from 1883
Copper Flat	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold	from 1982
Andy Johnson	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold	n/a
Argonaut	Past producer	n/a	Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Bald Eagle	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc	n/a
Black Colt	Past producer	n/a	Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Manganese, Gold	n/a
Blackeyed Susan	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold	n/a
Bonanza	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Brush Heap	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold	n/a
Bullion	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold	n/a
Caledonia	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold	n/a
Chance	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Cincinnati	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cliff-L-Embolite	Past producer	n/a	Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
Climax	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold	n/a
Colossal and Midnight Mines	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Copper	n/a
Comstock	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Lead, Manganese, Gold	n/a
Dutch Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Eighty-Five Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Empire	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Emporia	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Garfield - Butler	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Gold	n/a
General Jackson	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold	n/a
Gold Dust Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Rule	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Gypsy	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold	n/a
Homestake	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Illinois	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold	n/a
Iron King	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold	n/a
Kangaroo	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold	n/a
Keystone	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lady Franklin	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold	n/a
Lookout	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Luxemburg	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Marian	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite	n/a
Mary Richmond	Past producer	n/a	Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper	n/a
Matchless	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold	n/a
McKinley	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Nana	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Copper	n/a
Ocean Wave and Antelope	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver	n/a
Oohoo	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Opportunity	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Copper	n/a
Palomas Chief	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold	n/a
Pelican	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver	n/a
Picket Springs	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold	n/a
Pittsburg	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rattlesnake	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Copper	n/a
Rattlesnake Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ready Pay	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Stowe	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold	n/a
Superior	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Copper, Manganese, Gold	n/a
Sweetwater	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Tripp	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
U S Treasury	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold	n/a
United States	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold	n/a
Wicks	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	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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