Aztec Mine

Aztec Mine is a past producer of gold, silver, copper, lead in Colfax County, New Mexico, in USGS's medium output class. USGS records production from 1868 to 1940. It is one of 29 historic gold producers USGS lists in Colfax County, and number 1 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Past producer
Output class
medium (USGS class)
Commodities
Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Bismuth, Tellurium
Workings
Underground
Production years
1868 to 1940
Discovered
1868
County
Colfax County
State
New Mexico
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
USGS record
10009217

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. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.