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Found alongside
Galena
Mohs 2.5–2.75. Heavy, silvery lead ore that breaks into cubes. Mindat
416 sites
Silver
Mohs 2.5–3. Native silver tarnishes black. Mindat
328 sites
Copper
Mohs 2.5–3. Native copper is soft and turns green as it weathers. Mindat
307 sites
Pyrite
Mohs 6–6.5. Brassy “fool’s gold,” often cubic. Mindat
306 sites
Quartz
Mohs 7. Six-sided points; smoky quartz is NH’s state gem. Mindat
279 sites
Gold
Mohs 2.5–3. Soft, heavy and bright yellow; it doesn’t tarnish. Mindat
241 sites
Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.
By county
Grant County (113) · Sierra County (79) · Hidalgo County (52) · Socorro County (40) · Doña Ana County (35) · Luna County (23) · Santa Fe County (16) · Lincoln County (16) · Sandoval County (12) · Catron County (7) · Bernalillo County (6) · Taos County (5) · Colfax County (4) · Rio Arriba County (4) · Otero County (3) · Cibola County (1)
Sites (first 60)
| Site | Commodity | Minerals recorded | Status | Approx. location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Log Cabin Mine Pre 1900 | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold | Acanthite, Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite | Producer | 32.855, -107.678 |
| Little Granite Mine 1887 | Silver, Gold | Acanthite, Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold | Producer | 33.433, -107.769 |
| Ingersoll Mine | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver | Acanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Silver, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 32.999, -107.721 |
| Big Jap Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Acanthite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | Producer | 32.863, -107.748 |
| Jayhawk Group | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper | Acanthite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 32.832, -107.671 |
| Lady Franklin Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold | Alabandite, Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcocite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite | Producer | 32.935, -107.720 |
| Carnahan Mine | Zinc, Lead | Alabandite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 35.239, -106.219 |
| Hilltop Mine | Lead, Silver | Altaite, Galena, Gold, Rickardite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 32.458, -106.558 |
| Mex-Tex Mine | Barium-Barite, Lead | Anglesite, Argentite, Barite, Covellite, Fluorite, Galena, Linarite, Malachite | Past Producer | 33.825, -106.366 |
| Hansonburg Mine | Lead, Barium-Barite | Anglesite, Argentite, Barite, Covellite, Fluorite, Galena, Linarite, Malachite | Past Producer | 33.817, -106.375 |
| American Flag and Flagstaff Mines 1880's | Copper, Lead, Silver | Anglesite, Argentite, Bornite, Bromyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Silver | Past Producer | 33.152, -107.721 |
| Pelican Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper | Anglesite, Argentite, Bornite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite | Producer | 33.167, -107.704 |
| Nana Mine 1880's | Silver, Lead, Gold | Anglesite, Argentite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | Producer | 33.164, -107.701 |
| Kelly Mine | Zinc, Lead | Anglesite, Argentite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 34.087, -107.201 |
| Keystone Mine 1880's | Silver | Anglesite, Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite | Producer | 32.977, -107.744 |
| Conqueror Mine | Copper, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite | Anglesite, Barite, Bastnaesite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite, Pyromorphite, Wulfenite | Past Producer | 34.193, -105.739 |
| Galena King Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead | Anglesite, Barite, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Gold | Past Producer | 34.946, -106.435 |
| Bear Canyon Upper Contact Deposits | Lead | Anglesite, Barite, Fluorite, Galena | Past Producer | 32.560, -106.471 |
| Bear Canyon Lower Contact Deposit | Barium-Barite | Anglesite, Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Vanadinite, Wulfenite | Occurrence | 32.532, -106.439 |
| Stevens Mine | Barium-Barite, Lead | Anglesite, Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Vanadinite, Wulfenite | Past Producer | 32.538, -106.440 |
| Napolean-Rosa Lee Group | Lead | Anglesite, Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Vanadinite, Wulfenite | Past Producer | 33.028, -107.214 |
| Cincinnati Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold | Anglesite, Calamine, Galena, Hydrozincite, Smithsonite, Willemite | Past Producer | 31.909, -107.771 |
| Black Knife Group 1880's | Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver | Anglesite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | Producer | 33.353, -107.597 |
| Iron King Mine | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver | Anglesite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrolusite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | Producer | 32.932, -107.726 |
| Dictator Mine 1880's | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver | Anglesite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | Producer | 33.338, -107.578 |
| Hardscrabble Mine | Zinc, Lead, Copper | Anglesite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 34.113, -107.197 |
| Black Cloud Mine | Lead, Zinc | Anglesite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Hydrozincite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 34.079, -107.189 |
| Warnock Mine | Lead | Anglesite, Chalcocite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite | Past Producer | 32.880, -105.858 |
| Vindicator-West Contact Group 1890's | Lead, Zinc, Copper | Anglesite, Chalcocite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | Producer | 33.362, -107.603 |
| Calamity Jane Mine 1890's | Lead, Silver | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver | Producer | 32.916, -107.721 |
| Graphic Mine | Lead, Silver | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 32.528, -107.684 |
| Granite Gap Mines | Silver, Lead | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Scheelite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | Past Producer | 32.077, -108.980 |
| Graphic Mine | Zinc, Lead, Copper | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 34.096, -107.204 |
| Juanita Mine | Zinc, Lead | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 34.084, -107.197 |
| Bald Eagle Group | Silver, Gold | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 33.273, -107.718 |
| Stephenson-Bennett Mine | Silver, Lead | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite | Past Producer | 32.403, -106.601 |
| Ellis Canyon Prospect | Silver, Copper, Lead | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Plumbojarosite | Past Producer | 34.086, -107.184 |
| Germany Mines | Lead, Zinc | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 34.087, -107.196 |
| Mistletoe Mine | Lead | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 34.077, -107.189 |
| Red Hill Mine | Lead, Silver | Anglesite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite | Past Producer | 31.669, -108.614 |
| Dewey and White Swan Mines | Vanadium | Anglesite, Cuprodescloizite, Descloizite, Fluorite, Galena, Vanadinite, Wulfenite | Past Producer | 33.050, -107.214 |
| Iron Mountain Deposits | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite | Anglesite, Fluorite, Galena, Garnet, Gold, Helvite, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Powellite, Pyroxene, Scheelite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite | Past Producer | 33.469, -107.638 |
| Key Mine | Lead, Silver | Anglesite, Galena | Past Producer | 34.098, -107.190 |
| Hancock Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead | Anglesite, Galena | Past Producer | 31.905, -107.778 |
| Marie Mine | Lead, Silver | Anglesite, Galena | Past Producer | 31.912, -107.757 |
| Black Hawk Mine | Lead, Silver | Anglesite, Galena | Past Producer | 31.905, -107.786 |
| Chance Mine | Lead, Silver | Anglesite, Galena, Gold, Smithsonite | Past Producer | 32.178, -108.091 |
| Old Dude Mine | Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead | Anglesite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite | Past Producer | 32.634, -107.590 |
| Mahoney Mines | Zinc | Anglesite, Galena, Hydrozincite, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Willemite | Past Producer | 31.934, -107.763 |
| Summit Group | Zinc, Lead | Anglesite, Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 32.563, -107.730 |
| Desdemona Group | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold | Anglesite, Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 32.556, -107.721 |
| Beck Mine | Silver | Argentite, Bornite, Cerargyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 32.263, -109.040 |
| Palomas Chief Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Argentite, Bornite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite | Producer | 33.166, -107.703 |
| Silver Monument Mine 1880's | Silver, Copper | Argentite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | Producer | 33.336, -107.811 |
| Mogollon District | Gold, Silver | Argentite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite | Producer | 33.405, -108.801 |
| Antelope and Ocean Wave Mines | Lead, Silver | Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Embolite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Silver, Smithsonite | Producer | 33.166, -107.723 |
| Cliff-L-Embolite Mines 1930's | Silver, Lead | Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Embolite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 33.163, -107.704 |
| Commercial Mine | Silver | Argentite, Bromyrite, Cerussite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Vanadinite | Past Producer | 32.848, -108.025 |
| Silver Cell Mine | Silver | Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Gold, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Silver | Past Producer | 32.842, -108.219 |
| Venus Mine | Silver | Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Silver | Past Producer | 32.249, -108.749 |
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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.
Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.
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