Click on any name for the tale, local mining history, a professional geologic assessment of the area, and a viewpoint on prospecting in the locale of the lost mine. This table is sorted alphabetically by treasure name. To view another order, click on the corresponding column heading.

Name

County

Mountain Range

Year

Ore Type

The Lost Adams Diggings

Apache / Greenlee /
Grant / Catron
several possible 1864 Placer Gold

The Lost Diamond Mine of the Pedernals

Torrance Pedernal Mountains unknown Diamonds

The Lost Dupont Mine

Los Alamos / Rio Arriba Gallina Mountains c. 1883 Native Gold

The Lost Jicarita Mine

Taos Taos Mountains 1863 Native Gold

The Lost Mine of Sycamore Creek

Catron Mogollon Mountains 1883 not reported

The Lost Padre Mine

Dona Ana Organ Mountains 1700's Native Gold

The Lost Silver Lode of Carbonate Creek

Sierra Black Range 1882 Acanthite Float