Smokey Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247790
MAS/MILS ID 0350270017
Record type Site
Current site name Smokey Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.55725, 33.6223 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Capitan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carrizozo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Hondo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lincoln National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 008 S 014 E 10 SESE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.55725, 33.6223

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner H. N Larne And Sons
    ID 2901458
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAPACITY 350 TPD

  • Deposit

    SAME LOCATION AS CAPITAN MINE

  • Deposit

    SIEMERS & AUSTIN 1979 NMBM MAP RM-9

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/19/1991
MSHA mine ID2901458
Mine name (MSHA)Smokey Mine
Current operatorH N La Rue & Sons
Current controller (parent)La Rue H N & Keith
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references