Mines in Aroostook County, Maine

Aroostook County, Maine has 141 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 12 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is manganese, with 55 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Aroostook County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Chapman Pit	Stone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Cyr Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Fort Fairfield Marl Pit	Calcium	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Fort Fairfield Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Houlton Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Island Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Lane Construction Corp. Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Producer	MRDS
Madawaska Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
McQuade Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Nadeau Gravel Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Presque Isle Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Washburn Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
1979 Barber Greene	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Ami Thunderbird	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Adams Mountain Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Adams Mountain Prospect	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Anderson Managanese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Anderson Prospect		Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Aroostook River Manganese Prospects	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
B&l Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Bald Mountain	Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc		Prospect	MRDS
Bedrock Quarry	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Benn Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Benn Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Bfd	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Bugbee-Bragdon Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Bugbee-Bragdon Prospect		Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Bull Brothers Inc	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Bull Hill	Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Bull Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Cin 000171	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Cin 000208	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Capitol Hill	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Capitol Hill Manganese Deposit	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Carpenter Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Castle Hill Grange Hall	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Castle Hill Grange Hall Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Chandler Mountain Gold Prospect	Gold, Arsenic		Occurrence	MRDS
Cone Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Daggett Hill		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Daggett Hill Iron Pit	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Deboullie Mountain	Molybdenum, Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Drew Hill Sulfide Prospect	Sulfur		Occurrence	MRDS
Drew Hill Sulfide Prospect	Sulfur		Occurrence	MRDS
Drew Lake Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Dudley Farm	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Dudley Manganese Deposit	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Durepo Quarry	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Estford Hills		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Fort Fairfield Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Fort Fairfield Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Fox-McIntyre Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Freeman Fox Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Frenchville	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Frenchville Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Gardner Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Gardner Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Gelot Hill	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Gelot Hill Manganese Deposit	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Grant Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Grant Prospect		Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Haines Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Haines Prospect	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Harkins Farm Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Haskell Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Haskell Prospect	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Henderson Farm	Molybdenum, Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Henderson Hill Manganese Deposit	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Henderson Hill Prospect	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Henderson School Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Henderson School Prospect	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Higgins Farm	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Higgins Manganese Deposit	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Hodgdon Quarry	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Houlton Gravel Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Houlton Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Hovey Mountain		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Lane Construction Corp	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Littleton Molybdenite Prospect	Molybdenum		Prospect	MRDS
Littleton Ridge	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Littleton Ridge Manganese Deposit	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
London Farm Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Lower Maple Mt. Prospect-Central		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Ludlow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lundgren School Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Lundgren School Prospect	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Madawaska Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Madawaska Plant	Sand, Industrial NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Madawaska Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Maple-Hovey Manganese Deposit	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Mast Quarry	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Matthew Carpenter Farm		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Maynard Brot	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Maysville Mine		Underground	Unknown	MRDS
McGillan Quarry	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
McIntyre Prospect	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Moose Ridge Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
New Limerick Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Nickerson Farm Prospect	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Nickerson Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Unknown	MRDS
Nordberg Cv90d Screen	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Norman Reese Property		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
North Aroostock River Prospect		Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
North Perham		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Northern Aroostook Manganese Dist.	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Pioneer Crusher #1	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Perham Church Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Perham Village	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Phillip D Mitchell	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Pierce		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Pierce Manganese Deposits	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Portable Plant #1	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Portable Plant #650	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Powerscreen	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Presque Isle Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Presque Isle Quarry & Mill	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Presque Isle Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Prospects North of Henderson Hill		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Richardson		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Richardson Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Richardson Prospect-Northern		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Steelstone Industries I	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Shaws Redi-Mix	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Sherman Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Silver Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Silver Prospect	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Smith	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Smith Manganese Deposit	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
South Aroostock River Prospect		Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Southern Aroostook Manganese Dist	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Spaulding School Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Spaulding School Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
St. Peter Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Stewart Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Stewart Prospect	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Taylor Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Trombley Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Trombley Redi-Mix Inc Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Cu Occurrence	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Watts Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Westford Hill	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS