Mines in Franklin County, Maine

Franklin County, Maine has 45 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 5 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is construction sand and gravel, with 16 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Franklin County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
North Jay White Quarry	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Bass Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Bass Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
North Jay Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Wing Hill Mine	Garnet	Surface	Producer	MRDS
321 Aztec Gt165dt	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
American Stone Company Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Astec 3055 Jaw	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Beal Mine	Zinc	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Beisaw Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Blue Rock Industries	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Boil Mountain	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Chesterville Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Cianbro Corp	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
East Jay Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Farmington Falls Prospect	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Farmington Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Farmington Prospect	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Harden-Keith-Small 1580 Prospect	Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Hardin-Keith-Small Prospect	Tantalum		Prospect	MRDS
Hastings Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Holstein Ridge Gravel	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Huber Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Kibby Prospect	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Manzer Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Maxwell-Briggs Prospect	Sulfur	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Me and N H Granite Corp Quarries	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mountain Brook Prospect	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
North Jay Quarry	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Narrow Gauge Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
New Vineyard	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Newry Pit	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Nile Brook Gold Panning Location	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Oquossoc Shale	Common Shale	Surface	New Mine	MSHA
Phillips Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Phillips Graphite Mine	Graphite		Past Producer	MRDS
Pioneer Crusher	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Rangeley Sand & Gravel	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Smith Quarry	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Stone Rock Briggs Mine	Lead, Zinc	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Terex Finlay Screen	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Thorndike & Sons Inc.	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Temporarily Idled	MSHA
Unnamed Chromium Occurrence	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Wing Mine	Sulfur		Past Producer	MRDS
Wing Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS