Black Range District

Black Range District is a producer of gold, silver, copper, lead in Sierra County, New Mexico, in USGS's medium output class. USGS records production from 1880. It is one of 146 historic gold producers USGS lists in Sierra County, and number 2 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Producer
Output class
medium (USGS class)
Commodities
Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Production years
from 1880
Discovered
1879
County
Sierra County
State
New Mexico
Land status (BLM data)
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management
USGS record
60001721

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.

This location is mapped as federal land. Public land is not an invitation to enter old workings. Ask the managing agency about access, claims and closures.