Mines in Oxford County, Maine

Oxford County, Maine has 263 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 25 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is feldspar, with 39 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Oxford County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Bethel Airport Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Eci Materials	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Mount Mica	Gemstones	Underground	Active	MSHA
Bennet Feldspar Quarry	Feldspar, Gemstone		Producer	MRDS
Bennett Mines	Feldspar	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Canton Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Douglas Portable Unit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Dunham Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gestaut Mine	Feldspar	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Labreque Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Mexico Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Mt Mica Pit	Gemstone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Newry Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
North Waterford Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Number 8 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Oxford Town Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Plumbago Gem Mine	Gemstone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
River Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
South Paris Town Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Town of Norway	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Upper & Lower Mt. Rubellite	Gemstone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Vittum Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Von and Son Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
West Paris Mill		Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
West Paris Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
1580 Brook Prospet	Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
A&b Crushing & Screening	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Albany Pit	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Aldrich Prospect	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Alexander Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Allen Mountain Prospect	Feldspar		Prospect	MRDS
Amethyst Occurrence	Gemstone		Occurrence	MRDS
Amethyst Prospect	Gemstone		Occurrence	MRDS
Amethyst Prospect	Gemstone		Occurrence	MRDS
Anderson Mine	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Andrews Ledge Prospect	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Aquamarine Occurrence	Gemstone		Occurrence	MRDS
Baldpate Mtn. Area Prospect	Gemstone		Prospect	MRDS
Barrett Prospect	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Basin Falls	Molybdenum		Occurrence	MRDS
Bb No. 1 Quarry	Garnet	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Bean Mountain Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Beech Hill Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Beech Hill Mine	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Belliveau Prospect	Feldspar		Prospect	MRDS
Benson Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Beryl Occurrence	Beryllium		Occurrence	MRDS
Beryl Occurrence	Beryllium		Occurrence	MRDS
Beryllium Corp. Prospect	Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Mica, Quartz	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Bessey Mine	Feldspar		Past Producer	MRDS
Betsey's Guzzle Prospect	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Binford Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Black Mountain Quarries		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Black Mt. Quarry	Lithium, Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium		Past Producer	MRDS
Bowker Mine	Gemstone		Prospect	MRDS
Broome Prospect	Lithium, Beryllium		Occurrence	MRDS
Brown-Thurston Beryl Prospect	Beryllium		Occurrence	MRDS
Brown-Thurston Prospect	Beryllium, Gemstone, Mica		Occurrence	MRDS
Brownfield Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Bryant Pond Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Buckfield Pegmatite		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Bumpus Quarry	Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar, Cesium		Past Producer	MRDS
Bumpus Quarry	Beryllium	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Burnell Hill Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Burnell Hill Occurrence	Gemstone		Occurrence	MRDS
Burnell Hill Prospect	Feldspar		Prospect	MRDS
Butters Mt. Area Prospect	Gemstone		Prospect	MRDS
Byron Prospect	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Cec Jaw	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	New Mine	MSHA
Carver Prospect	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Champion Consolidated Mines	Silver, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Cianbro Corporation	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Clark Mine	Mica		Past Producer	MRDS
Cole Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Colton Hill Amethyst Prospect	Gemstone		Prospect	MRDS
Colton Hill Prospect	Feldspar		Prospect	MRDS
Conant Mine	Feldspar		Prospect	MRDS
Corundum Occurrence	Corundum		Occurrence	MRDS
Crocker Hill Mine	Molybdenum	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Crocker Hill Mine, North Pit	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Crocker Hill Mine, South Pit	Graphite, Molybdenum		Past Producer	MRDS
Crooker Mine	Gemstones	Underground	Temporarily Idled	MSHA
Crooker Quarry	Cesium		Past Producer	MRDS
Cummings Mine	Silica		Prospect	MRDS
Cutler Mtn. Area	Feldspar		Prospect	MRDS
Davis Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Deer Hill Area Prospect	Feldspar		Prospect	MRDS
Diamond Ledge Quarry	Quartz	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Donahue Prospect	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Douglass Portable Unit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Dudley Prospect	Lithium		Prospect	MRDS
Dunn Mine	Feldspar		Past Producer	MRDS
Dunton Gem Mine	Cesium		Past Producer	MRDS
Dunton Mine	Feldspar, Gemstone, Lithium, Mica, Silica, Tantalum, Zirconium	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Durgin Mt. Area Prospect	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Eagle Gray Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Eastman Prospect	Gemstone		Occurrence	MRDS
Ellingwood Mine	Feldspar, Gemstone	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Elliot Mine	Feldspar		Past Producer	MRDS
Fetchnick Quarry	Feldspar	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Fletcher Mine	Beryllium		Past Producer	MRDS
Ford Hill Mine	Gemstone, Sulfur	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Forks Farm Prospect	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Foster Hill Prospect	Feldspar		Prospect	MRDS
Frost Mountain Sand & Gravel Llc	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Fyfe Brook-West Branch Prospect	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Ge-Se Mine	Gemstones	Underground	Abandoned	MSHA
General Electric Co. Mine	Gemstone	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
General Electric Glass Quartz Prosp	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Glover Mine	Feldspar	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Glover Mine	Feldspar	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gogan Prospect	Feldspar		Prospect	MRDS
Gold Deposit	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Gold Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Hadley's Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Harding Hill Prospect	Beryllium, Feldspar		Prospect	MRDS
Harndon Hill Prospect	Gemstone		Prospect	MRDS
Harvard Mine	Mica		Occurrence	MRDS
Harvard Quarry		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hayes Ledge Prospect	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Heath Quarry	Feldspar	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hedgehog Hill Mine	Gemstone		Past Producer	MRDS
Heikkinen Quarry	Beryllium	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Henry Fox Mine	Feldspar	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hibbs Feldspar Quarry		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hill No. 4 Quarry	Tin	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hodsdon Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Holt Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Hooper Ledge Mine	Beryllium	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Immonen Ledge No. 1 Prospect	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Immonen Ledge No. 2 Prospect	Kyanite		Prospect	MRDS
Irish Mine	Beryllium		Past Producer	MRDS
Irish Prospect	Gemstone		Prospect	MRDS
Jci 2650	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Joe McKeen Hill Amethyst Occurrence	Gemstone		Occurrence	MRDS
Joe McKeen Hill Beryl Occurrence	Gemstone		Occurrence	MRDS
Johnson Mine	Beryllium		Unknown	MRDS
Jordan Prospect	Feldspar		Prospect	MRDS
K&w Aggregates Llc	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Kinglet Quarry	Cesium		Past Producer	MRDS
Knight Mine	Beryllium		Past Producer	MRDS
La Forest Mine	Emery		Past Producer	MRDS
Leach Beryl Prospect	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Leach Quartz Prospect	Quartz		Prospect	MRDS
Ledge Ridge	Copper, Zinc, Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
Little Singepole Quarries		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lobikis Mine	Beryllium		Past Producer	MRDS
Lone Star Mine	Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Lone Star Prospect	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Lord Hill Mine	Gemstone		Past Producer	MRDS
Lord Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Lovell Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Maxim Prospect	Feldspar		Prospect	MRDS
McAllister Occurrence	Beryllium		Occurrence	MRDS
McAllister Prospect	Garnet, Feldspar, Gemstone		Prospect	MRDS
Melrose Prospect	Gemstone		Prospect	MRDS
Milletville Prospect	Graphite		Occurrence	MRDS
Mount Mica Mine	Gemstone, Tin	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mount Rubellite		Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Mt Glines Mines	Boron-Borates, Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Mt. Glines Mine	Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Mt. Mica	Mica, Gemstone, Feldspar, Tin		Unknown	MRDS
Mustonen Ledge	Feldspar		Prospect	MRDS
Nevel Mine	Mica, Feldspar		Past Producer	MRDS
Neville Prospect	Gemstone		Occurrence	MRDS
Newry Mines		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Newry Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Nickel Mine	Nickel	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Ohtonen's Quarry	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Old Garnet Prospect	Garnet		Occurrence	MRDS
Old Graphite Mine	Graphite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Old Magnetite Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Old Spar Mine	Feldspar	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Orchard Mine	Gemstone		Past Producer	MRDS
Orman McAllister Prospect	Gemstone		Prospect	MRDS
Oxford Prospect	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Oxford Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
P H Chadbourne and Co	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Paint Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Partridge Peak Prospect	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Peabody Mtn. Quarry	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Peaked Hill Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Peaked Hill Prospect	Gemstone		Prospect	MRDS
Perham Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Perry Prospect	Uranium		Prospect	MRDS
Pine Hill Chrysoberyl Occurrence	Gemstone		Occurrence	MRDS
Pingree Prospect	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Plumbago Gem Mine	Gemstone	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Plumbago Mining Corp.	Gemstone		Past Producer	MRDS
Plumbago Mountain Area Prospect	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Portable Sand Screen 001692	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Puzzle Mountain Area Prospect	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
R & S Swan Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Ragged Jack Mtn. Area Prospect	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Rattlesnake Mtn. Area Prospect	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Red Hill Mine	Feldspar		Past Producer	MRDS
Rock Bottom Quarry	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Roy Mines	Feldspar		Past Producer	MRDS
Roy Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Rumford Concrete Co	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Rumford Concrete Co	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Rumford Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Rump Pond Copper Prospect	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Ryerson Hill Mine	Gemstone		Past Producer	MRDS
Ryerson Hill Mine	Gemstone		Past Producer	MRDS
Sabattus Mountain Occurrence	Beryllium, Bismuth		Occurrence	MRDS
Saunders Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Savage Contracting Inc	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Scott Colby Mine	Feldspar		Prospect	MRDS
Scotty Mine	Feldspar		Past Producer	MRDS
Scotty Mine	Beryllium		Past Producer	MRDS
Scribner Mine	Feldspar, Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Shaw Ledge Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Shaw Ledge Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Shaw Ledge Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Shoestring Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Slattery Mine	Gemstone		Prospect	MRDS
South Twin Mtn Beryl Prospect	Beryllium		Occurrence	MRDS
South Waterford Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Spruce Mtn. Area Prospect	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Stearns Farm Mine	Quartz		Prospect	MRDS
Stearns Hill Mine	Feldspar		Prospect	MRDS
Stearns Pit	Feldspar	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Stearns Prospect	Feldspar	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Stoneham		Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Stony Brook Mine	Feldspar		Prospect	MRDS
Streaked Mtn. Prospect	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Styles Mtn. Prospect	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Swasey Excavation	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Swift River Gold Panning Location	Gold		Unknown	MRDS
Swift River Prospect	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Trundy Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Tamminen Mine Old	Gemstone		Past Producer	MRDS
Tamminen Quarry	Beryllium, Uranium	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Tamminen-Waisanen Mine	Feldspar		Past Producer	MRDS
The Rawson 4832	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Thunder Mountain Mine	Feldspar	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Tiger Bill Mine	Feldspar	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Tubbs Ledge			Unknown	MRDS
Twitchell Mine	Gemstone, Feldspar	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Uncle Tom Mine	Gemstone		Past Producer	MRDS
United Spar Prospect	Feldspar		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Quartz		Occurrence	MRDS
Wilson Pit & Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Waisamen Pit	Feldspar	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Waisanen Mine	Gemstone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Wardwell Mine	Beryllium	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Warren Quarry	Gemstone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Wentworth Mine	Feldspar		Past Producer	MRDS
West Bethel Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Weymouth Hill Prospect	Quartz		Occurrence	MRDS
Wheeler Mines	Feldspar	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Whispering Pines Mine	Feldspar		Prospect	MRDS
Whitecap Mtn. Area Prospect	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Gemstone		Prospect	MRDS
Whitehall Mine	Gemstone	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Whitehall Mine	Gemstone	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Whitehall Prospect	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Whitehall Prospect	Feldspar, Gemstone		Occurrence	MRDS
Willis True Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Willis Warren Quarry	Gemstone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Witt Hill Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Woodstock Gold and Silver Mine	Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Woodstock Prospect		Underground	Unknown	MRDS