Mines in Benewah County, Idaho

Benewah County, Idaho has 83 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 13 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 18 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Benewah County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Danielson Rock	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Bw-1001 Pit	Stone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Carmon Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Carpenter Creek	Garnet	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Dement Pit	Stone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Emerald Creek Mill	Gemstone	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Emerald Creek Placer	Garnet	Placer	Producer	MRDS
Fernwood Pit	Stone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Garnet Mine	Garnet	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Joseph Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Mauro Pit	Stone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Tensed Mine	Kaolin	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Tyson Placer	Gold		Producer	MRDS
Atkinson Prospect	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Benewah Clay Deposit	Clay	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Benewah Clay Occurrence	Clay		Occurrence	MRDS
Benewah Lake Clay Occurrence	Clay		Occurrence	MRDS
Benewah Shoshone Deposit	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Big Five Group Prospect	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Butte Mining Company Prospect	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Charlie Creek Prospects	Gold	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Chatcolet Lake Clay Occurrence		Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Crusher #1	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Decann Manganese Prospect	Manganese	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Eklund	Iron	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Ellis Pit	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Emerald Creek Garnet	Garnet	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Emerald Creek Garnet Ltd	Gemstones	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Engle Mtn.	Silver, Lead, Gold		Unknown	MRDS
Fernwood Mill	Garnet	Processing Plant	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
Green Back Claim Group	Zinc, Silver, Lead	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Greenback Prospect	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Hardrock Portable	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Hired Girl Prospect	Copper	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Hyde Ranch	Aluminum		Occurrence	MRDS
Ifi Fernwood Pit	Stone, Dimension		Unknown	MRDS
Iron Prospect	Iron	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Lefors	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lenty Uranium Prospect			Occurrence	MRDS
Lenty Uranium Prospect	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
McCleary Butte	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Michaels Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Monarch Prospect	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Mountain View Min. Co. Prospect	Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
Patterson Prospect	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Plummer Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Portable Crusher	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Pugh Portable Crusher	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Pugh Portable Unit #2	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Quarry	Stone	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Robert Hyde Prospect	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Round Lake Peat Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
Silver Star Prospect	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
St. Maries Clay Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
St. Maries Clay Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
St. Maries Clay Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
State Pit Bw 84 5	Stone, Dimension		Unknown	MRDS
State Pit Pw 77-5	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Stone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Unknown	MRDS
Stone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Unknown	MRDS
Stone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Unknown	MRDS
Stone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Unknown	MRDS
Stone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Unknown	MRDS
Stone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Unknown	MRDS
Tensed Prospect	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Thorn Creek Hill Kaolinite Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Gold	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Varney Prospect	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
White Elephant Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS