Mines in Brown County, Minnesota

31Total

10Active

Brown County, Minnesota has 31 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 10 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is construction sand and gravel, with 12 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Brown County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Acolite Plant	Clay	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Alt Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Fisher Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Reinhart Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Schneider Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Schwartz Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Shoemacher Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Solonek Concrete Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Springfield Pit	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Vogel Bros Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Aschenbrenner Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Brown County Clay Deposit No 1	Clay		Occurrence	MRDS
Brown County Clay Deposit No 2	Clay		Occurrence	MRDS
Brown County Clay Deposit No 3	Clay		Occurrence	MRDS
Brown County Clay Deposit No 4	Clay		Occurrence	MRDS
Brown County Clay Deposit No 5	Clay		Occurrence	MRDS
Brown County Clay Deposit No 6	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hoffman Portable Screener	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Kral Plant #1	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Ochs Clay-Brown County Pit	Kaolin		Past Producer	MRDS
Portable #1	Common Clays NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Portable Crusher #1	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Portable I	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Portable Screener	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Portable Screening Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Roiger Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Sioux Rock Quarry	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Springfield Pit	Common Clays NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Veenstra & Son Llc	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Wash Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Wash Plant & Screener	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA