Deep Tunnel, New Mexico

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Cimarron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87718. It lies near Aztec Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Baldy Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Deep Tunnel within Colfax County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1954 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Ute Park quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1982 USGS Wheeler Peak quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Baldy Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1995 USGS Baldy Mountain quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

21 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Deep Tunnel (historical) between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,302 acres in total. 21 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Natural	21

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
15 August 2015	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	MIRANDA
14 August 2012	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	PUEBLANO
10 August 2014	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	BALDY MTN.
8 July 2013	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	BALDY TREE
6 July 2011	Natural	13 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	PUEBLANO
25 July 2012	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	BLACK JACK
24 July 2006	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	not named
20 July 2020	Natural	155 acres	Cimarron District	WILSON MESA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colfax County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Deep Tunnel (historical): 28 past producers, 18 unknowns, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Silver, Gold, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Ajax Mine	Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer	1895, 1940
Aztec Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Bismuth, Tellurium	Past Producer	1868, 1940
Deep Tunnel	Gold, Molybdenum, Silver, Copper	Past Producer	1919
Deep Tunnel	Gold, Molybdenum, Copper	Unknown
Elizabethtown - Baldy District	Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Nickel, Tungsten, Uranium	Past Producer	1866
Golden Era Group	Silver, Tungsten, Gold	Past Producer	1918
Iron Mountains Prospects	Gold, Copper, Iron	Past Producer	Contact Metasomatic
Mystic Mine	Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum	Past Producer	1917
Red Bandana Mine	Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead	Past Producer	1875, 1942
Yellow Dog Group	Gold, Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite	Prospect

Every working recorded in Colfax County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Moreno (historical)	4.2 miles	10
Elizabethtown	4.4 miles	11
Virginia City	4.5 miles	13
Eagle Nest	6.6 miles	11
Perryville (historical)	7.2 miles	13
Ute Park	7.4 miles	13
Idlewild	8.1 miles	11
Hematite (historical)	8.2 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 901895. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.