Mines in Tolland County, Connecticut

Tolland County, Connecticut has 88 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 23 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 Tolland County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Desiato Pit and Mill	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Route 32 Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Route 74 Plant	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Skyline Quarry	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Alaskite Or Quartz Monzonite Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Aj-001	Stone		Producer	MRDS
Becker Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Bolton Notch Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Box Mountain Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Chase Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Desiato Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
E. Foster Hyde Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Ellington Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Flaggy Quartzite Rock Quarry No. Bi-008	Stone, Dimension		Producer	MRDS
Flaggy Quartzite Rock Quarry No. Bi-009	Stone, Dimension		Producer	MRDS
Flaggy Quartzite Rock Quarry No. Bi-010	Stone, Dimension		Producer	MRDS
Flaggy Quartzite Rock Quarry No. Bi-012	Stone, Dimension		Producer	MRDS
Limberger Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Mansfield Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Pitz Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Richard Lee Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Sommers Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
West Stafford Pit	Stone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Williams Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Alaskite/quartz Monz. Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Billings Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Burgund Hill Quarries	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Crushing Plant #1	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Calcic Silicate Rock Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Calcic Silicate Rock Quarry No. Bj-003	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Chapman Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Columbia Town Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Copar Operations of Tolland	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Coventry Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Desiato Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
Diabase Rock Quarry #bi-003	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Diabase Rock Quarry No. Bi-003	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
Donlon Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
E. Foster Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Ellington Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Firestone Quarries	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Flaggy Quartzite Rock Quarry No. Bi-011	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Flagstone Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Flagstone Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gold Prospect	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Gold Prospect	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Granodiorite Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Bj-004	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Granodiorite Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Bj-005	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Holden Brothers Llc	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Highly Biotitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Bi-006	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Joseph E Mihaliak Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lippman/cedar Rapids 8001	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Lipton Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lipton Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
Murray Hill Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Paving & Curbstone Quarries	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Paving & Curbstone Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Paving Material Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Perkins Corner Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Petersen Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Peterson Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Powerscreen Warrior 1800	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Quarries	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Quinebaug Forestry Sand & Gravel	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Richard Lee Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Route 32 Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
Rutherford Sand Bank	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Stafford Sand and Gravel Llc	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Sandstone Quarry #bi-007	Flagstone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sandstone Rock Quarries No. Bi-007	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Silicified Fault Rock Quarry No. Bi-001	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
Silicified Fault Rock Quarry No. Bi-005	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
Skyline Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Soapstone Quarry #bi-002	Talc-Soapstone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Soapstone Quarry #bi-004	Talc-Soapstone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Soapstone Rock Quarry No. Bi-002	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Soapstone Rock Quarry No. Bi-004	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
State Line Materials	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Tall Pines Pit #1	Sand, Common	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Thompson Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Tolland Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Unknown	MRDS
West Stafford Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Willington Town Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Wilson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Wilson-Siano Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Windham Materials - Union	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA