Mines in Monroe County, Mississippi

Monroe County, Mississippi has 79 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 27 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is bentonite, with 34 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Monroe County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Aberdeen Mine	Bentonite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Fowlkes Mine	Bentonite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Pecan Orchard Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Rebel Rock	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Scribner Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Aberdeen Mine & Mill	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Aberdeen Mine & Mill/amer. Colloid	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Aberdeen Mississippi Bentonite	Bentonite		Producer	MRDS
Amory Number 2 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Producer	MRDS
Amory Pit No. 3	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Producer	MRDS
Armory Number 1 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Bull Mtn. Creek-Tombigbee River Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Bull Mtn. Creek-Tombigbee River Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Bull Mtn. Creek-Tombigbee River Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Bull Mtn. Creek-Tombigbee River Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Buttahatchie River Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Buttahatchie River Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Cadden Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Producer	MRDS
Carroll Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Floyd Spring Cottage Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Fowlkes Mine	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Hanson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Producer	MRDS
Jackson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Producer	MRDS
Meeks Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Producer	MRDS
Phillips Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Producer	MRDS
Pit Number 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Producer	MRDS
Pit Number 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Producer	MRDS
Aberdeen Mill	Common Clays NEC	Facility	Abandoned	MSHA
Aberdeen Plant	Chromium	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Alice Strong Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Amory Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
B F Thomas Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
B F Thomas Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Baldwin Pit #2	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
C H Cox Deposit	Bentonite		Occurrence	MRDS
C M Harrison Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Frank Fears Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
G B Gilliland Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
H Blair Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Hamilton Electrolytic Facility	Manganese	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Hamilton Plant Ti	Titanium, Pigment	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Holloway Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Jackson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mrs. Latchie Jones Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
No. 2 Amory Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
North Mississippi Gravel Co., Llc	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Old Gordon Place Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Perel and Lowenstein Deposit	Bentonite	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Pit 104	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Preston Dobbs Truck Service & Gravel Sal	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
R T Hodo Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
R and S Haulers Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Tenn Tom Mine	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Unnamed Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
V E Downs Prospect	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Waldrop Brothers Deposit	Bentonite		Prospect	MRDS
Waterway	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA