This list of mines in Mexico is subsidiary to the
list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marble and other
quarries may be included in this list.
Baryte
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La Revancha mine
Coal
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Cloete
Copper
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Buenavista mine
The Buenavista mine, historically known as the Cananea copper mine, is a large open pit copper mine located in the north-west of Mexico in Cananea, Sonora. It lies south of the international border near Nogales, Arizona. Buenavista mine represe ...
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El Arco mine
The El Arco mine is a planned large copper mine located in the north-west of Mexico in Baja California. El Arco represents one of the largest copper reserve in Mexico and in the world having estimated reserves of 1.5 billion tonnes of ore gradi ...
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El Pilar mine
The El Pilar mine is a large proposed copper mine in Sonora, Mexico. El Pilar is one of the largest copper reserves in Mexico and the world having estimated reserves of 685.8 million tonnes of ore grading 0.28% copper. As of 2021, the mine is pl ...
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La Caridad Mine
Gold
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Camino Rojo mine
The Camino Rojo mine is one of the largest silver mines in Mexico and in the world. The mine is located in the center of the country in Zacatecas. The mine has estimated reserves of 1.63 million oz of gold and 32.07 million oz of silver.
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Cerro de San Pedro
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Los Filos mine
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Morelos mine
The Morelos mine is one of the largest gold mines in Mexico. The mine is located in the south of the country in Guerrero. The mine has estimated reserves of 3.07 million ounces of gold.
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Naranjal mine The Naranjal mine (more commonly known as El Naranjal) is the name of a legendary lost gold mine in the Sierra Mountains of Mexico. Folklorist J. Frank Dobie devoted part of his book "Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver" to the story of this legendary ...
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Ojuela
Ojuela was a small mining settlement located northwest of the nearest town Mapimí, northwest. The settlement is now well known as a ghost town as a result of the ore being exhausted.
Ojuela was established after the discovery of abandoned go ...
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Peñasquito Polymetallic Mine
Manganese
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Molango mine
The Molango mine is a mine located in the center of Mexico in Hidalgo. Molango represents one of the largest manganese reserve in Mexico having estimated reserves of 1.53 bmillion tonnes of manganese ore grading 25% manganese metal.
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Molybdenum
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El Creston mine
The El Creston mine is a large molybdenum mine in the north-west of Mexico in Sonora
Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, c ...
Silver
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Camino Rojo mine
The Camino Rojo mine is one of the largest silver mines in Mexico and in the world. The mine is located in the center of the country in Zacatecas. The mine has estimated reserves of 1.63 million oz of gold and 32.07 million oz of silver.
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La Colorada mine
The La Colorada mine is a large silver mine located in the west of Mexico in Zacatecas. La Colorada represents one of the largest silver reserve in Mexico and in the world having estimated reserves of 64.1 million oz of silver.
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