Otero County New Mexico Gold production
By A. H. KOSCHMANN and M. H. BERGENDL USGS 1968. Click here for the Principle Gold Producing Districts of the United States Index. Otero County, in southern New Mexico along the Texas border, is relatively poor in mineral deposits, yet a few small mines in the Jarilla district produced a total of about 16,500 ounces of gold through 1959.