Mines in Washington County, Maine

Washington County, Maine has 151 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 granite, with 36 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Washington County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Bagley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Baileyville Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Calais Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Cooper Mine	Molybdenum		Producer	MRDS
Dorr Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
East Machias Crusher Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Georgia Pacific Charlotte Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
James Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Jonesboro Quarry	Granite	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Remsdell Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Wenniger Dimension Stone	Stone, Dimension		Producer	MRDS
Wenniger Dimension Stone Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Addison Black Quarry	Dimension Granite	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Alexander Area	Nickel, Cobalt, Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Alexander Area Prospect	Copper		Prospect	MRDS
Allen Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Arthur Dalot Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Bacon & Snow Mine	Zinc		Occurrence	MRDS
Bacon and Snow Prospect	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Barrett Prospect	Zinc, Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Barrett Prospect		Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Basley Prospect	Copper, Lead, Zinc		Prospect	MRDS
Beaver Lake Black Granite Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Big Hill Lead Mine (1906)	Lead, Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
Birch Hill Mine	Gold, Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
Black Diamond Granite Quarry	Granite		Unknown	MRDS
Bobs Cove Ledge Deposit	Molybdenum	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Bodwell Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Bodwell-Jonesboro Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Booth Brothers Jonesboro Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Bowker Prospect	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Bradley Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Bradley Prospect	Zinc		Occurrence	MRDS
Britton Mine	Silver, Lead, Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Britton Prospect		Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Bub Bailey Gold Prospect	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Burke Hill Molybdenite Occurrence	Molybdenum, Arsenic		Occurrence	MRDS
Burke Hill Prospect	Molybdenum		Unknown	MRDS
Calais Molybdenite Prospect		Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Calais Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Captain Havey Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Charlotte Quarry	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Cherryfield Mine (1878-1909)	Zinc, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Cherryfield Mine Prospect		Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Cherryfield Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Cooper Mine	Molybdenum		Past Producer	MRDS
Cooper Mine (1903-1906)	Molybdenum		Past Producer	MRDS
County Concrete and Construction	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Crocker Prospect	Lead		Prospect	MRDS
Cross Island Prospect	Copper		Prospect	MRDS
Dorr Pit and Mill	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Dalots Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Denbow Neck Vein	Silver, Lead, Zinc		Occurrence	MRDS
Denbow Neck Vein Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Denbow Point Mine	Lead, Zinc	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Denbow Point Mine	Zinc, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Donovan Construction	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Dyer Black Granite Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Englishmen's Bay Quarry	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Eagle Island	Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Eagle Island Prospect	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Eastland Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Edwards & Walker Gold Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Edwards and Walker Prospect	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Eric W Kelly Peat Moss Co	Peat		Past Producer	MRDS
Fish Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Frost Prospect	Nickel, Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Frost Prospect		Underground	Prospect	MRDS
G E Goding and Sons Inc	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Gallagher Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gardiner Black Granite Prospect	Granite	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Gilman Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gold Mine	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Hall Black Granite Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hardscrabble Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hardwood Island Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Harrington Mine	Lead, Copper, Gold	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Harrington Mine	Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Hog Island Prospect	Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
Horan Head Prospect	Copper, Lead		Prospect	MRDS
Horan Head Prospect	Copper, Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
Horsebrook Mountain Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
International Peat Moss	Peat		Past Producer	MRDS
Jonesboro Red Quarry	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Johnson Prospect		Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Johnson Silver and Copper Mine	Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
Jonesboro Englishmens Bay Quarry	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Jonesboro Quarry	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Jonesport Extension Prospect	Lead		Prospect	MRDS
Jonesport Mine	Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Jonesport Prospect		Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Lane Construction Corp	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Leighton Prospect	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Look Brothers Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Look's Island Prospect		Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Lubec Lead Mine	Lead, Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
Machias Prospect	Silver		Prospect	MRDS
Machias Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Maine Red Granite Company Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Marion & Gardner Prospects	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Marion Prospect		Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Marshfield Granite Quarry	Molybdenum		Occurrence	MRDS
Marshfield Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
McGeorge Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Millbridge Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Minerva Cove Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Minerva Cove Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mingo, Bailey & Co Black Granite Qy	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mingo, Bailey & Co. Red Granite Qy	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Moose-A-Bec Granite Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Narraguagus Prospect		Underground	Unknown	MRDS
New England Peat Moss Co.	Peat		Past Producer	MRDS
New England Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Peasley Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Pembroke Mine	Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
Pembroke Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Pembroke Prospect		Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Petit Manan Mine	Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
Petit Manan Prospect		Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Pillsberry-Steven Prospect	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver		Unknown	MRDS
Pillsbury-Stevens Mine	Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Pleasant River Black Granite Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Pope Mine	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Porcupine Ledges	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Red Beach Granite Company Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Rollins Gold Mine	Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc		Unknown	MRDS
Rollins Mine	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Shattuck Mountain Quarries	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Smith Iron Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Smith Prospect	Iron		Prospect	MRDS
South Bay Mine	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Starboard Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Tarbox Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Thomas Di Cenzo Charlotte Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Thomas Dicenzo Inc	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
Thornberg Black Granite Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Trescott Mine		Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Tripoli Mine	Silica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Tunk Pond			Unknown	MRDS
Tunk Pond Prospect	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Mine	Silver		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Quarry	Marble, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Wakefield Prospect	Iron, Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Wakefield Prospect	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Washington County Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Will Havey Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Young's Point Prospect	Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Youngs Point Mine		Underground	Unknown	MRDS