Mines in Rice County, Minnesota

29Total
18Active

Rice County, Minnesota has 29 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System and MSHA. 18 are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 15 sites.

By Status

Producer · 18Intermittent · 7Abandoned · 4

Top Commodities

Sand and Gravel, Construction · 15Construction Sand and Gravel · 10Stone, Crushed/Broken · 2Stone, Dimension · 1Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC · 1
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Active Mines in Rice County

MineOperatorCommodityTypeStatus
B H Heselton Ls Quarry—Stone, DimensionSurfaceProducer
Bauer Pit—Sand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducer
Camp Pit—Sand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducer
Concrete Materials Pit No 2—Sand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducer
De Groat Pit & Mill—Sand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducer
Donkers Pit—Sand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducer
Elwood Pit—Sand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducer
Heil Pit—Sand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducer
Kielmeyer Pit—Sand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducer
Kielmeyer Rice Co Ls Quarry—Stone, Crushed/BrokenSurfaceProducer
Maas Pit & Mill—Sand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducer
Sherwin Pit—Sand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducer
Shilling Pit—Sand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducer
Solberg Pit—Sand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducer
Swedberg Quarry—Sand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducer

All Mines in Rice County

MineCommodityTypeStatusSource
B H Heselton Ls QuarryStone, DimensionSurfaceProducerMRDS
Bauer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducerMRDS
Camp PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducerMRDS
Concrete Materials Pit No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducerMRDS
De Groat Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducerMRDS
Donkers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducerMRDS
Elwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducerMRDS
Heil PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducerMRDS
Kielmeyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducerMRDS
Kielmeyer Rice Co Ls QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenSurfaceProducerMRDS
Maas Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducerMRDS
Sherwin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducerMRDS
Shilling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducerMRDS
Solberg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducerMRDS
Swedberg QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducerMRDS
Walbern PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducerMRDS
Wheeling QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenSurfaceProducerMRDS
Witte Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducerMRDS
Pit No. 1Construction Sand and GravelSurfaceAbandonedMSHA
970-3Construction Sand and GravelSurfaceIntermittentMSHA
Cec ScreenerConstruction Sand and GravelSurfaceIntermittentMSHA
CederapidsConstruction Sand and GravelSurfaceIntermittentMSHA
Dundas Wash PlantConstruction Sand and GravelSurfaceAbandonedMSHA
Kielmeyer Goodhue County LimestoneCrushed, Broken Limestone NECSurfaceIntermittentMSHA
Kielmeyer Construction, Inc.Construction Sand and GravelSurfaceAbandonedMSHA
Processing Plant - DundasConstruction Sand and GravelSurfaceIntermittentMSHA
Processing Plant #4(recycle-Mobile PlantConstruction Sand and GravelSurfaceAbandonedMSHA
Screening PlantConstruction Sand and GravelSurfaceIntermittentMSHA
Wash Plant - LakevilleConstruction Sand and GravelSurfaceIntermittentMSHA

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