Mines,
Mills, and Quarries in New Mexico— Mines, Mills, and Quarries
in New Mexico is a cooperative publication of the New Mexico Bureau of
Geology
and Mineral Resources, the Mining and Minerals Division of the New Mexico
Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, and the New Mexico Bureau
of Mine Inspection, 2001, 46 pp., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000. Data on active
mining operations are collected by the Mining and Minerals Division of
the
NMEMNRD. The data are now organized in the text by the type of commodity
based on reporting form (Industrial minerals form 3, for example) and thereafter
alphabetically by county. Commodity codes are still used to key individual
mining operations to the map. The text has seven major divisions: 1) Aggregate
and stone mining, 2) Coal mining, 3) Industrial minerals mining and milling,
4) Metals, 5) Potash, 6) Smelters, converters, and refineries, and 7) Uranium
mining and milling. Specific data listed for each entry include the name
of the operation, the commodity mined or milled, ownership, address, current
status, location (USGS quadrangle and section, township, and range), and
mineral and surface estate owner. Additional appendices contain: 1) New
Mexico's mineral industry--an overview, 2) Land division by the township
and range system, 3) Sources for state and regional maps of New Mexico,
4) Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service offices, 5) County
courthouses, and 6) Sources of permits for energy and minerals development
on Indian lands. Commodity, operator, and mines, mills and quarries indices
allow readers easier access to the data. This report is also available
as
a downloadable pdf file. 46 pp., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000. free
print publication (contact or visit our publications office) or
free
PDF download (2.4
Mb PDF).
