St Cloud Surface

St Cloud Surface is a surface gold mine in Sierra County, New Mexico, near Sierra. MSHA lists its status as active since May 14, 1991 and records 24 employees. It is one of 2 gold mines in New Mexico that are not marked abandoned, and the only one in Sierra County; by employees it ranks 1 of 1 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Active since May 14, 1991
Type
Surface
County
Sierra County
State
New Mexico
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
Nearest town
Sierra
Employees reported
24
Operator
St Cloud Mining Company
Coordinates
33.2992, -107.6728
MSHA mine ID
2901960

Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date.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

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