Mines in Payette County, Idaho

Payette County, Idaho has 42 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 8 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 20 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Payette County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
New Acers	Misc. Nonmetallic Mnls. NEC	Facility	Active	MSHA
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Payette Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Bayhorse Mill	Silver Ore	Facility	Temporarily Idled	MSHA
Clay, Industrial, Jensen Brick Co	Clay	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Diatomite Occurrence	Diatomite	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Diatomite Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
Diatomite Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
Echo Sand & Gravel	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Fsc Sand and Gravel	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Hilltop Rock Sand & Gravel	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Jensen Clay Mine	Brick Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Limbaugh Portable	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Payette	Clay		Occurrence	MRDS
Plant 1	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Portable Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Rock Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Rock Quarry Mine	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Hollow Prospect			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Diatomite	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Diatomite	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Diatomite		Unknown	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Diatomite	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Weiser Sand Hollow	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS