Gold mines in Socorro County, New Mexico

Socorro County has 4 gold mines in MSHA records: 0 not abandoned and 4 abandoned. USGS lists 30 more historic producers.

Abandoned gold mine records in Socorro County

4 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 4 abandoned records
NameTypeStatus sinceNearest townLandUSGS record
Melba MinesundergroundSep 21, 1981n/an/an/a
Mount BaldyundergroundSep 30, 1981n/an/an/a
Resources America Incorporated-Millprocessing facilitySep 30, 1981n/an/an/a
San Juan ClaimundergroundJul 25, 2001n/an/an/a

Historic gold producers in Socorro County (USGS)

USGS records 30 historic gold producers in Socorro County: 28 past producers and 2 listed as producers or plants. For 28 of them USGS gives an output size (4 medium, 24 small). Production years are recorded for 28 sites, from 1866 to 1968.

Show the 30 sites
SiteUSGS statusOutputCommoditiesYears
Magdalena DistrictPast producermediumLead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Copper, Vanadium, Manganese, Barium-Barite1866 to 1968
Kelly MinePast producermediumZinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper1878 to 1957
Graphic MinePast producermediumZinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold1879 to 1961
Waldo TunnelPast producermediumCopper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold1879 to 1961
Rosedale Mine 1880'sProducersmallGold, Lead, Silver, Copper1885 to 1941
Juanita MinePast producersmallZinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold1875 to 1956
Merritt Mine Prior To 1870Past producersmallSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Barium-Barite, Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Arsenic1880 to 1923
Torrence Mine 1880Past producersmallGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Arsenic, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite1880 to 1923
Hardscrabble MinePast producersmallZinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold1885 to 1956
Timber Peak Mine 1890'sPast producersmallGold, Silver, Lead, Copper1895 to 1945
Buckeye MinePast producersmallCopper, Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite1900 to 1956
El Oro and La Plata GroupPast producersmallLead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Copper, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite1900 to 1945
Nitt MinePast producersmallZinc, Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold1904 to 1961
Germany MinesPast producersmallLead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold1909 to 1929
Black Cloud MinePast producersmallLead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold1913 to 1951
Hansonburg MinePast producersmallLead, Barium-Barite, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite1918 to 1962
Vindicator MinePast producersmallZinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold1925 to 1929
Pankey MinePast producersmallGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Manganese1932 to 1939
Linchburg MinePast producersmallZinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold1941 to 1961
Cuprite MinePast producersmallGold, Silver, Copper1950 to 1918
Old SoldierPast producersmallLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite1950 to 1948
Balakhana GroupPast producersmallLead, Gold, Silverto 1937
Belle Claim Patented In 1882Past producersmallLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zincto 1957
Maggie Merchant ClaimPast producersmallSilver, Lead, Gold, Copperto 1927
Mex-Tex MinePast producersmallBarium-Barite, Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluoriteto 1962
Mistletoe MinePast producersmallLead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Goldto 1957
Papa MinePast producersmallGold, Lead, Copper, Silverto 1946
Tingley ProspectPast producersmallSilver, Goldto 1945
LinchburgProducern/aZinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Calciumfrom 1910
RosedalePast producern/aGoldn/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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