Chino Mine

Chino Mine is a producer of copper, gold, silver, molybdenum in Grant County, New Mexico, in USGS's large output class. USGS records production from 1804. It is one of 186 historic gold producers USGS lists in Grant County, and number 1 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Producer
Output class
large (USGS class)
Commodities
Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, PGE, Lead
Deposit type
Porphyry Cu, skarn-related
Production years
from 1804
Discovered
1800
County
Grant County
State
New Mexico
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
USGS record
10087992

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Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date.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.

Gold sites nearby

78 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Grant County page lists the biggest.