Mines in Ada County, Idaho

Ada County, Idaho has 195 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 27 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 107 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Ada County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Badger Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Caldwell Plant	Common Clays NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Crusher #1	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Golden Eagle	Gold Ore	Underground	Active	MSHA
Igt Sand and Gravel	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Liberty	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Plant #2	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Plant #8	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Pleasant Valley Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Rock Force 1	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Ada Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Beacon Street Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Underground	Producer	MRDS
Black Cat Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Black Hornet District	Gold		Producer	MRDS
Boise Monroc Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Boise Rip Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Consolidated Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Dalrymple Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Eagle Island Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Faulkner & Sons Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Hendricks Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Idaho Concrete Pipe Co.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Macgregor Triangle Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Marcum Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Pullman Brick Co. Mine	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Ready To Pour	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Whitehed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Ada Sand and Gravel Pit No 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Adelmann Group	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Aspen Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Badger	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Big Giant Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Black Cat Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Black Cat Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Black Hornet Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Blizzard	Gold	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Broken Rock Sand & Gravel	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Busy B Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
Cr4	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Chausee-Swan Gravel Company	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Cole Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
Crusher #5	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Daisy	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Diatomite Occurrence	Diatomite		Past Producer	MRDS
Diatomite Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
Diatomite Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
Dry Creek Placers	Gold	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Eagle Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Eagle Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Elevator	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Equitable Group	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Federal Way Aggregates	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
First Chance	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Five Mile Creek-Shaw Mountain Belt	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Free Gold	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Galey Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Geothermal Location	Geothermal		Occurrence	MRDS
Geothermal Location	Geothermal		Occurrence	MRDS
Gold Dollar Mineral Claims	Manganese	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Gold Placer	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Golden Eagle	Gold	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Golden Star Group	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hattie	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Joplin Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
June	Gold	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Kbr380-2	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Keltic Gold Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Kuna Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
Last Chance Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Last Hope Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Lubkin Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Madison Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Madison-Meyers-Whitehead	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Masterpiece Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Masterpiece Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
McCartan's Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Meridian Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mobile Impact Crusher	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Morning Star Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
No. 3 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
North Star Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Northwest Big Foot Bar Placer	Gold	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Number Two & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Old Boise Stone Company Quarry	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Paymaster Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Perlite Deposit	Perlite		Occurrence	MRDS
Picket Pin Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Plant #3	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Plant #4	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Plant #6 - Wash Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Plant #7	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Pleasant Valley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
Portable Crusher #1	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Portable Crusher #2	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Prime Earth Inc	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Queen	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Rental Portable Screen Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Rip Rap Pit-Gowen Field	Stone, Dimension		Unknown	MRDS
Rising Sun Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Rocky Canyon	Diatomite		Occurrence	MRDS
Rocky Mountain Gravel Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Rumple Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Scorpion	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Shaw Mining District	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Snake River Placer	Gold	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Snake River Placers	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Stanley Prospect	Beryllium	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Summit Stone Portable	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Superior Construction-10 Mile Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Swanfalls Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
Tv Plant #001286	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Table Rock Sandstone	Dimension Sandstone	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Ten Mile Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
Tornado Mine	Zinc, Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Twentieth Century Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Pumice	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Perlite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Gold	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Diatomite		Occurrence	MRDS
Viola Mine	Gold, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Wash Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Wash Plant 2	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Wash Plant 3	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
White Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
Wild Cat	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS