Mines in Rice County, Minnesota

29Total

18Active

Rice County, Minnesota has 29 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 18 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 15 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Rice County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
B H Heselton Ls Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Bauer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Camp Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Concrete Materials Pit No 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
De Groat Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Donkers Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Elwood Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Heil Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Kielmeyer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Kielmeyer Rice Co Ls Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Maas Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Sherwin Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Shilling Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Solberg Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Swedberg Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Walbern Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Wheeling Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Witte Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Pit No. 1	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
970-3	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Cec Screener	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Cederapids	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Dundas Wash Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Kielmeyer Goodhue County Limestone	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Kielmeyer Construction, Inc.	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Processing Plant - Dundas	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Processing Plant #4(recycle-Mobile Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Screening Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Wash Plant - Lakeville	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA