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Found alongside
Pyrite
Mohs 6–6.5. Brassy “fool’s gold,” often cubic. Mindat
529 sites
Copper
Mohs 2.5–3. Native copper is soft and turns green as it weathers. Mindat
419 sites
Silver
Mohs 2.5–3. Native silver tarnishes black. Mindat
378 sites
Gold
Mohs 2.5–3. Soft, heavy and bright yellow; it doesn’t tarnish. Mindat
342 sites
Quartz
Mohs 7. Six-sided points; smoky quartz is NH’s state gem. Mindat
341 sites
Galena
Mohs 2.5–2.75. Heavy, silvery lead ore that breaks into cubes. Mindat
306 sites
Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.
By county
Grant County (157) · Sierra County (80) · Hidalgo County (65) · Doña Ana County (40) · Socorro County (36) · Lincoln County (30) · Taos County (25) · Santa Fe County (19) · Catron County (16) · Luna County (15) · Colfax County (9) · Sandoval County (8) · Otero County (7) · Rio Arriba County (7) · McKinley County (6) · Bernalillo County (4) · San Miguel County (3) · Valencia County (1) · 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 |
| Jayhawk Group | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper | Acanthite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 32.832, -107.671 |
| Big Jap Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Acanthite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | Producer | 32.863, -107.748 |
| 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 |
| Alum Mountain Deposit | Aluminum, Potassium, Kaolin | Alunite, Kaolinite | Occurrence | 33.141, -108.217 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Dewey and White Swan Mines | Vanadium | Anglesite, Cuprodescloizite, Descloizite, Fluorite, Galena, Vanadinite, Wulfenite | Past Producer | 33.050, -107.214 |
| Key Mine | Lead, Silver | Anglesite, Galena | Past Producer | 34.098, -107.190 |
| 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 |
| Texas Main Mine | Gold | Argentite, Barite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite, Tetradymite, Tetrahedrite | Past Producer | 32.351, -106.516 |
| Pinos Altos Mine | Copper, Zinc, Silver | Argentite, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | Prospect | 32.886, -108.238 |
| Beck Mine | Silver | Argentite, Bornite, Cerargyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 32.263, -109.040 |
| 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 |
| Cooney Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper | Argentite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold | Past Producer | 33.419, -108.799 |
| New Era Mine 1880's | Silver, Copper | Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Gold | Producer | 33.336, -107.805 |
| 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 |
| Wicks Mine 1877 | Gold, Silver, Copper | Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold | Producer | 32.942, -107.533 |
| Ready Pay Mine 1880's | Gold, Silver, Copper | Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold | Producer | 32.945, -107.542 |
| Chloride Flat Mines | Silver, Manganese, Iron | Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Embolite, Gold, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrolusite, Silver | Past Producer | 32.785, -108.305 |
| 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 |
| Blackman Mine | Silver | Argentite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Pyrite | Past Producer | 32.542, -108.255 |
| Fleming Camp Mine | Silver | Argentite, Cerargyrite, Pyrite, Silver | Past Producer | 32.796, -108.381 |
| Ada Etta Claim | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold | Argentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Gold | Past Producer | 32.323, -108.778 |
| White Mountain Mine | Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver | Argentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver | Producer | 33.336, -107.700 |
| Maud S. Mine | Gold, Silver | Argentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Malachite | Past Producer | 33.399, -108.803 |
| Deadwood Mine | Gold, Silver | Argentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold | Producer | 33.390, -108.802 |
| Last Chance Mine | Gold, Silver | Argentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold | Producer | 33.393, -108.803 |
| Carlisle Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Argentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Silver, Sphalerite | Producer | 32.853, -108.966 |
| Garfield-Butler Group 1880's | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Argentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Silver, Sphalerite | Producer | 32.953, -107.566 |
| Bonanza Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Argentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite | Producer | 32.950, -107.556 |
| Champion Mine | Copper | Argentite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Gold, Malachite, Tetrahedrite | Past Producer | 36.219, -105.796 |
| Alhambra Mine | Silver | Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Chloanthite, Erythrite, Galena, Millerite, Niccolite, Nickel Skutterudite, Pitchblende, Silver, Smaltite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 32.721, -108.510 |
| East Camp Mine | Gold, Silver | Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Copper, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite | Producer | 32.841, -108.930 |
| Baltic Mine | Silver | Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrolusite | Past Producer | 32.780, -108.304 |
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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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