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Historic gold producers in Taos County (USGS)

USGS records 37 historic gold producers in Taos County: 36 past producers and 1 listed as a producer or plant. For 19 of them USGS gives an output size (1 large, 18 small). Production years are recorded for 9 sites, from 1869 to 1959.

Show the 37 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Red River District	Producer	large	Molybdenum, Copper, Gold, Silver, Tellurium, Zinc, Lead, Platinum	from 1869
Black Copper Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc	from 1895
Cashier Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	1895 to 1950
Edison Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	1895 to 1950
Keystone Tunnel	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1895
Mem Phis Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	1895 to 1935
Midnight Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1895
Frazer Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum	from 1904
Independence Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Tellurium	from 1904
Buffalo Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	to 1929
Caribel Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	to 1925
Champion Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold, Antimony	to 1959
Elizabeth-Baldy	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1866
Inferno Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1895
Jay Hawk Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper	found 1895
Picuris	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Picuris District	Past producer	small	Copper, Lithium, Beryllium, Tantalum, Silver, Tungsten, Gold, Bismuth, Calcium, Kyanite, Niobium (Columbium)	n/a
Red River	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Silver Tip Group	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Big Five Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bitter Creek Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Black Copper Group	Past producer	n/a	Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper	n/a
Buffalo Mine	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold	n/a
Caribel Mine	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold	n/a
Cashier Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Edison Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Treasure Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Independence Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tellurium	n/a
Jay Hawk Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
June Bug Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Little Gem Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Memphis Mine	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Manganese	n/a
Midnight Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Moberg Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Silver Queen Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
South Fork Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Willard Prospect	Past producer	n/a	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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