Mines in Garfield County, Colorado

Garfield County, Colorado has 102 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 17 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 29 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Garfield County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Carbondale Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Crossfire 4 Corners Plant #1	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Flag Sand & Gravel	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Silt Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
West Rifle Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Chambers Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
East Canyon Creek	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Glenwood Lime Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Underground	Producer	MRDS
Jammeron Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Midcontinent Limestone	Limestone, Dimension	Surface	Producer	MRDS
New Castle	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Rifle Mill	Vanadium	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Rifle Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Sunshine Mine Grandview	Lead, Zinc		Producer	MRDS
Unknown	Limestone, General		Producer	MRDS
Unknown	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Big Three	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Carbonate District	Lead, Silver, Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
Carbondale Plant-Wash Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Coal Ridge #1 Mine	Coal (Bituminous)	Underground	Abandoned	MSHA
Colony Oil Shale Project	Oil Shale	Underground	Abandoned	MSHA
Dade	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Dade Prospect	Silver, Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
Deep Creek	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Dotsero Warm Srpings	Geothermal	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Eastside Mine	Coal (Bituminous)	Underground	Abandoned and Sealed	MSHA
Elk Van Tunnel and Uv Claims	Vanadium, Uranium		Past Producer	MRDS
Elk Van Tunnel and Uv Claims		Underground	Prospect	MRDS
End of Trail Mine	Uranium, Vanadium		Past Producer	MRDS
End of Trail No. 2	Uranium, Vanadium		Occurrence	MRDS
End of Trail No. 2		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Flag Sand and Gravel	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Garfield Mine	Vanadium, Lead, Selenium, Chromium, Uranium		Past Producer	MRDS
Garfield Mine	Vanadium	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Glenwood Springs	Geothermal	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gould Construction	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Temporarily Idled	MSHA
Grandview	Zinc	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Gray Eagle Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Gray Eagle Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Lily Mine	Lead, Silver, Zinc		Occurrence	MRDS
Lily Mine	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Lotti B Mine	Uranium, Vanadium		Past Producer	MRDS
M. Folley Claim	Gypsum-Anhydrite		Occurrence	MRDS
Mamm Creek Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Marblehead Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mc Clane Canyon Mine	Coal (Bituminous)	Underground	Abandoned and Sealed	MSHA
Mid-Continent Quarry	Dimension Limestone	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Munger Canyon Mine	Coal (Bituminous)	Underground	Abandoned and Sealed	MSHA
Northern Portable Plant #15	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Parker	Lead, Zinc		Occurrence	MRDS
Parker Mine	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Portable Wash Plant (wp #4)	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Revelation Group		Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Rifle Mine	Uranium, Vanadium		Past Producer	MRDS
Rifle Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Strong Mine	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Sunlight	Coal (Bituminous)	Underground	Abandoned and Sealed	MSHA
Sunshine Lode Mine	Zinc, Lead, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Sunshine Mine	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Dolomite, Limestone, General		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Clay		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Vanadium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Zeolites		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Clay		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Kaolin		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Clay		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Clay		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Helium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Gold Occurrence	Gold, Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Manganese Occurrence	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Manganese Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
Uv-Elk Van	Uranium, Vanadium		Occurrence	MRDS