Mines in New Mexico: 194 open mines and MSHA citations
MSHA lists 194 open mines in New Mexico, run by 144 operators and employing 3,425 people. Since January 1, 2022 its inspectors issued 5,403 citations and orders there with $3,432,229 in proposed penalties, and operators reported 359 injury or illness cases, 2 of them fatal. The operators with the most open mines are United Materials, LLP; Restoration Group, Inc.; Mountain States Constructors Inc. Data from MSHA, November 6, 2026.
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- Open mines
- 194
- Operators
- 144
- Employees
- 3,425
- Active
- 100
- Intermittent
- 81
- New Mine
- 7
- Temporarily Idled
- 4
- NonProducing
- 2
- Mines run by individuals, counted and not listed
- 19
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 5,403
- Significant and substantial
- 767 (14.2%)
- Closure orders
- 171
- High negligence or reckless
- 573
- Proposed penalties
- $3,432,229
- Amount paid so far
- $2,535,418
- Inspections
- 1,869
- Inspector hours on site
- 20,397
- Citations per inspection
- 2.89 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 369
- Injury and illness cases
- 359
- Fatalities
- 2
- Latest MSHA record
- November 5, 2026
Operators with the most open mines in New Mexico
Ranked by open mines, then by citations. Sole proprietors and individuals are not listed.
Operators with the most citations in New Mexico
Citations and orders issued since January 1, 2022 at their open mines here.
Mines with the most citations
Open mines, ranked by citations and orders since January 1, 2022.
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Minerals Carlsbad, Inc. | International Minerals Carlsbad, Inc. | Eddy County, NM | Potash | 467 | 887 |
| Intrepid Potash East | Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC | Eddy County, NM | Potash | 240 | 275 |
| Chino Mines Co Mine | Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company | Grant County, NM | Copper ore | 322 | 239 |
| Tijeras Plant & Quarry | GCC Rio Grande Inc | Bernalillo County, NM | Cement | 101 | 133 |
| Bonito Pit | Black Rock Services LLC | Valencia County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 115 |
| San Juan Mine 1 | San Juan Coal Company | San Juan County, NM | Coal (bituminous) | 58 | 106 |
| New Mexico Salt & Minerals LLC | New Mexico Salt & Minerals LLC | Eddy County, NM | Salt, brine evaporated | 1 | 106 |
| Cinder Mountain Mine | Volcanic Stone Co | Union County, NM | Misc. nonmetallic mnls. | 2 | 102 |
| Jal Pit | Caliche Now LLC. | Lea County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 81 |
| R. S. I. Pit | Ramirez & Sons, Inc. | Lea County, NM | Shell | 7 | 76 |
| Navajo Mine | Bisti Fuels Company LLC | San Juan County, NM | Coal (bituminous) | 357 | 75 |
| Thunder Stone Quarry LLC | Thunder Stone Quarry LLC | Eddy County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 10 | 73 |
| Carlsbad Plant | United Salt Carlsbad LLC | Eddy County, NM | Salt, brine evaporated | 50 | 70 |
| El Segundo | Peabody Natural Resources Company | Mckinley County, NM | Coal (bituminous) | 110 | 64 |
| Carlsbad Lake Plant | United Salt Carlsbad LLC | Eddy County, NM | Salt, brine evaporated | 40 | 60 |
| Dicaperl Minerals LLC | Dicaperl Minerals LLC | Socorro County, NM | Perlite | 1 | 57 |
| Tyrone Mine | Freeport-McMoRan Tyrone Inc | Grant County, NM | Copper ore | 585 | 55 |
| Intrepid Potash North | Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC | Lea County, NM | Potash | 17 | 53 |
| Boyd Pit | United Materials, LLP | Eddy County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 53 |
| To Mine Plant | Red Hill Lava Products, Inc. | Union County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 3 | 51 |
| No Agua Mine & Mill | Imerys Perlite USA, Inc | Taos County, NM | Perlite | 36 | 50 |
| Cactus Pit | J & H Services Inc | Eddy County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 49 |
| Vado Quarry | GCC Sun City Materials LLC | Dona Ana County, NM | Crushed, broken limestone | 13 | 48 |
| Lowdermilk | Espanola Transit Mix Company | Rio Arriba County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 20 | 47 |
| Mimbres Pit | Southwest Concrete & Paving Inc | Luna County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 9 | 44 |
| Carlsbad Airport Pit | United Materials, LLP | Eddy County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 5 | 44 |
| Sweatt Bar 5 Pit | Sweatt Construction, Inc. | Eddy County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 44 |
| Black Spring Mine | Menefee Mining Corp | Sandoval County, NM | Misc. nonmetallic mnls. | 7 | 41 |
| Crusher/Screener #2 | Aggregate Technologies | Otero County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 41 |
| Lee Ranch Coal Mine | Peabody Natural Resources Company | Mckinley County, NM | Coal (bituminous) | 20 | 39 |
| Mesa Verde Humates, LLC | Mesa Verde Humates, LLC | Sandoval County, NM | Misc. nonmetallic mnls. | 8 | 39 |
| Pueblo Pit | Pueblo Rock Products, LLC | Torrance County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 39 |
| GM Pipe, LLC | GM Pipe, LLC | Rio Arriba County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 38 |
| Rio Bonito Aggregate | Roper Construction, Inc. | Lincoln County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 37 |
| Crusher #1 | James Hamilton Construction Company | Eddy County, NM | Sand, industrial | 20 | 35 |
| Finch Pit | J & H Services Inc | Chaves County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 6 | 35 |
| Travelstead | United Materials, LLP | Eddy County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 4 | 35 |
| Rocky Mountain Mine | Cr Minerals Company LLC | Rio Arriba County, NM | Pumice | 2 | 35 |
| Intrepid Potash West | Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC | Eddy County, NM | Potash | 211 | 33 |
| Horizon Ag Products | Horizon Ag Products | Sandoval County, NM | Chem. and fertil. mnls. | 3 | 33 |
| Ramirez and Sons Rsi-2 | Ramirez & Sons, Inc. | Eddy County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 5 | 32 |
| Vado Quarry | Jobe Materials LP | Dona Ana County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 32 |
| Milagro Mine | Stoneworld | Guadalupe County, NM | Dimension traprock | 2 | 32 |
| Mountain States Crusher GCP 3164 | Mountain States Constructors Inc | Valencia County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 14 | 29 |
| Toro Aggregates | GCC Sun City Materials LLC | Dona Ana County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 8 | 29 |
| Rustic Pit | Vernon Hamilton Construction Company | Mckinley County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 29 |
| Fort Sumner Pit | Nick Griego & Sons Construction, Inc. | De Baca County, NM | Crushed, broken limestone | 7 | 28 |
| Tampico Pit | Vernon Hamilton Construction Company | Mckinley County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 28 |
| Jackson Hill Quarry | Kite Construction, Inc. | Colfax County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 28 |
| CR #1 | C & E Concrete Inc | Cibola County, NM | Crushed, broken limestone | 15 | 27 |
| South Socorro Pit | A 1 Quality Redi-Mix Inc | Socorro County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 27 |
| Desert Valley Inc | Desert Valley Inc | Luna County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 27 |
| Pollard Pit | United Materials, LLP | Chaves County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 3 | 27 |
| Carsbad / Hobbs Pit | Caliche Now LLC. | Lea County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 4 | 26 |
| Castillo Pit | Castillo Ready Mix Inc | Valencia County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 26 |
| Waide Sand & Gravel | Waide Sand & Gravel Company | Chaves County, NM | Crushed, broken limestone | 6 | 25 |
| Rocky Road | Rocky Road Gravel Products | San Miguel County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 25 |
| Santa Fe River Pit | Eker Brothers, Inc. | Santa Fe County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 24 |
| Lea County Pits | Lea County Road Department | Lea County, NM | Crushed, broken limestone | 3 | 24 |
| Orona | Duke City Redi-Mix | Valencia County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 24 |
| Aviation Mine | Southwest Landscaping Materials LLC | Santa Fe County, NM | Sand, industrial | 7 | 23 |
| Ohkay Owingeh Pit | Leroy's Excavating, Inc. | Rio Arriba County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 23 |
| Valley #1 Tolar Pit | Valley Incorporated | Roosevelt County, NM | Crushed, broken limestone | 7 | 21 |
| Los Padillas Pit | Coyote Gravel Products, Inc. | Bernalillo County, NM | Sand, industrial | 6 | 21 |
| Fisher Industries Plant 38 | Fisher Sand & Gravel Company | Grant County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 21 |
| P300 | Magnum Aggregates LLC | San Miguel County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 3 | 21 |
| Melton Pit | Hays Plumbing and Heating | San Miguel County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 2 | 21 |
| Limestone Quarry/Fabtec 3 | T.G. McCauley Construction | Grant County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 5 | 20 |
| Salls Portable Quarry Equip. | Salls Brothers Construction | Bernalillo County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 3 | 20 |
| J. Herman Tabet Veguita Pit | Sanchez Sand and Gravel | Valencia County, NM | Sand, common | 2 | 20 |
| D E Materials | D E Ready Mix Inc | Dona Ana County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 20 |
| St Cloud Surface | St. Cloud Mining Co | Sierra County, NM | Misc. nonmetallic mnls. | 24 | 19 |
| Portable Plant | Fowler Brothers Inc | Grant County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 19 |
| Ewing Pit | Restoration Group, Inc. | Torrance County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 19 |
| Rock Eater | Crushin It, LLC | De Baca County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 19 |
| Bartoo Portable Screen #1 | Bartoo Sand & Gravel Inc | Sierra County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 19 |
| Lucy Pit | Restoration Group, Inc. | Torrance County, NM | Sand, common | 3 | 19 |
| Khani K100/Metso Crusher & Screen | Deming Sand & Gravel, LLC | Luna County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 19 |
| R D Blankenship Dirt Work LLC | R D Blankenship Dirt Work LLC | Otero County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 8 | 18 |
| San Antone Pit | Michele's Ready Mix Rock & Recycle Inc. | Mckinley County, NM | Crushed, broken limestone | 5 | 18 |
| Robert Medina & Sons Taos Pit II | Robert Medina & Sons Concrete & Sand Inc | Taos County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 18 |
| Roswell Pit | United Materials, LLP | Chaves County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 18 |
| Waterflow Pit | Swbb, Inc. | San Juan County, NM | Sand, industrial | 3 | 17 |
| Rio Felix | United Materials, LLP | Chaves County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 3 | 17 |
| Southwest Crushing Portable Jaw Crusher | Southwest Crushing & Aggregate, LLC | Union County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 17 |
| Fisher Industries Plant 32 | Fisher Sand & Gravel Company | San Juan County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 16 |
| Wright Pit | Coyote Gravel Products, Inc. | Bernalillo County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 16 |
| Cordova Pit | Dms&g LLC | Valencia County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 16 |
| Hooper Quarry | Dola Rock Construction | Luna County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 16 |
| Ortega Pit | Alamo Transit Mix Corp | Otero County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 15 |
| Brazos Pit | Russell Sand & Gravel Company Inc | Rio Arriba County, NM | Sand, common | 3 | 15 |
| Mesquite Pit | Quattro Materials Center, LLC. | Dona Ana County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 15 |
| Unit 1306 | K Barnett & Sons Inc | De Baca County, NM | Crushed, broken limestone | 1 | 15 |
| Robert Medina & Sons Costilla Pit | Robert Medina & Sons Concrete & Sand Inc | Taos County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 4 | 14 |
| Erwin Pit Two | Pacheco Construction & Trucking Inc. | Quay County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 4 | 14 |
| Sais Quarry | New Mexico Travertine Incorporated | Socorro County, NM | Dimension stone | 2 | 14 |
| Brie Mine | Miocene, LLC | Mckinley County, NM | Potassium compounds | 2 | 14 |
| The Finlay 120 | Ponderosa Trucking LLC | Lea County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 2 | 14 |
| Cerrito Pelado | Monarch Mountain Minerals & Aggregates, LLC | Santa Fe County, NM | Pumice | 4 | 12 |
| 1300J Portable Crushing Plant | Van Eaton Ready Mix, Inc | Lincoln County, NM | Sand, industrial | 3 | 12 |
Counties
| County | Open mines |
|---|---|
| Eddy County | 20 |
| San Juan County | 16 |
| Dona Ana County | 13 |
| Chaves County | 12 |
| Valencia County | 12 |
| Lea County | 12 |
| Taos County | 9 |
| San Miguel County | 9 |
| Sandoval County | 8 |
| Mckinley County | 8 |
| Grant County | 7 |
| Rio Arriba County | 6 |
| Otero County | 6 |
| Torrance County | 6 |
| Mora County | 6 |
| Union County | 5 |
| Socorro County | 5 |
| Santa Fe County | 5 |
| Bernalillo County | 4 |
| Luna County | 4 |
| Colfax County | 4 |
| De Baca County | 3 |
| Sierra County | 3 |
| Guadalupe County | 3 |
| Cibola County | 2 |
| Roosevelt County | 2 |
| Lincoln County | 2 |
| Curry County | 1 |
| Quay County | 1 |
Mines by kind
| Kind | Open mines |
|---|---|
| Sand and gravel | 99 |
| Stone | 49 |
| Nonmetal | 32 |
| Coal | 5 |
| Metal | 4 |
Main commodities
| Main commodity | Open mines | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Construction sand and gravel | 91 | 46.9% |
| Crushed, broken stone | 27 | 13.9% |
| Crushed, broken limestone | 11 | 5.7% |
| Sand, industrial | 9 | 4.6% |
| Sand, common | 8 | 4.1% |
| Misc. nonmetallic mnls. | 6 | 3.1% |
| Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 2.6% |
| Potash | 4 | 2.1% |
| Salt, brine evaporated | 3 | 1.5% |
| Copper ore | 2 | 1% |
| Pumice | 2 | 1% |
| Perlite | 2 | 1% |
| Crushed, broken sandstone | 2 | 1% |
| Dimension limestone | 2 | 1% |
| Cement | 1 | 0.5% |
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 868 | 127 | $400,801 | 96 |
| 2023 | 1,038 | 127 | $559,644 | 70 |
| 2024 | 1,004 | 131 | $588,904 | 64 |
| 2025 | 1,264 | 187 | $751,002 | 63 |
| 2026 | 1,229 | 195 | $1,131,878 | 66 |
Standards cited most at mines in New Mexico
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 299 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 298 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 243 |
| 30 CFR 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 206 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 161 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 135 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 134 |
| 30 CFR 56.14207 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 126 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 120 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 117 |
| 30 CFR 57.14112 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 108 |
| 30 CFR 57.20003 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 103 |
| 30 CFR 57.14100 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 102 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 96 |
| 30 CFR 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 94 |
Injury and illness cases at mines in New Mexico
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Fatality | 2 |
| Permanent disability | 5 |
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 257 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 95 |
What the accident reports at mines in New Mexico describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 113 |
| Slip or fall of person | 101 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 49 |
| Machinery | 32 |
| Powered haulage | 26 |
| Other | 17 |
| Stepping or kneeling on object | 6 |
| Falling/sliding/rolling materials | 4 |
| Electrical | 4 |
| Disorders (physical agents) | 3 |
Equipment named in accident reports at mines in New Mexico
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 49 |
| Bulldozer | 14 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 13 |
| Front-end loader | 13 |
| Trucks | 12 |
| Hand tools (powered) | 10 |
| Forklift | 7 |
| Conveyor | 7 |
| Shovel | 6 |
| Mancar | 5 |
Updated November 6, 2026. Read from US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets. US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.