Mines in Ravalli County, Montana

Ravalli County, Montana has 241 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 20 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is gold, with 39 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Ravalli County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Yoder Gravel	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Bitterroot Valley Stone Quarry	Marble, Dimension	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Crystal Mountain		Surface	Producer	MRDS
Crystal Mountain Fluorspar Mine	Fluorine-Fluorite		Producer	MRDS
Curlew	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc		Producer	MRDS
Dominic Group Antimony	Antimony	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Donaldson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Eagle Rock Mining Co.	Quartz	Surface-Underground	Producer	MRDS
Gallogly Hot Spring	Geothermal	Geothermal	Producer	MRDS
Hughes Creek Placers	Gold		Producer	MRDS
Larrigon Mine	Gold		Producer	MRDS
Lucky Strike	Beryllium		Producer	MRDS
Marion Mine Nos. 1,2,3,4,5	Fluorine-Fluorite	Surface-Underground	Producer	MRDS
Molly 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Mine	Molybdenum	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Palmen Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Ravalli County Crusher	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Sheep Creek	REE, Thorium		Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Warm Springs	Geothermal	Geothermal	Producer	MRDS
Weeping Child Hot Springs	Geothermal	Geothermal	Producer	MRDS
Woodside Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
J & J 1	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Ace Mine	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Ace Mine	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Ambrose Creek	Quartz		Past Producer	MRDS
Ambrose Creek	Titanium	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Ambrose Creek Pumice Deposit	Pumice		Occurrence	MRDS
Art L. Wildey	Beryllium		Occurrence	MRDS
Bass Creek Sillimanite	Kyanite	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Beaver Creek	Niobium (Columbium)		Occurrence	MRDS
Beaver Creek Columbite Deposit	Niobium (Columbium)	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Bitteroot Valley	Pumice		Unknown	MRDS
Bitterroot Prince	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Bitterroot Rock Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Blodgett Creek	Titanium	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Blue Joint Placer	Gold	Placer	Prospect	MRDS
Blue Nose Mine	Molybdenum		Occurrence	MRDS
Blue Nose Mine	Molybdenum		Past Producer	MRDS
Bluebird	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Broken File Prospect	Beryllium	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Btm			Unknown	MRDS
Bugle	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Bush Place	Kaolin		Unknown	MRDS
Cr 1	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Cameron Creek Placer	Titanium, Metal, Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Cameron Creek Placer	Thorium	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Canyon Creek	Titanium	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Castle Rock	Gold	Surface-Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Chicago Placer	Gold	Surface-Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Claremont	Copper	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Claremont Mine	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Clay Pit	Clay	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Clay Pit	Clay	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Clay Pit	Clay	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Cleveland	Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Cleveland Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Cleveland Mine	Gold	Surface-Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Cliff		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Cliff Mine	Lead, Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Clipper	Aluminum		Occurrence	MRDS
Columbite	Niobium (Columbium)		Occurrence	MRDS
Copper Canyon Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Copper Queen	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Copper Queen	Copper	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Corvallis Pumicite	Pumice		Occurrence	MRDS
Crandall Creek	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Curlew		Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Curlew Mine	Silver, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Dbrm Pit - North	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Dbrm Pit - South	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Dbrm Pit-North	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Dark Star Group	Niobium (Columbium)	Surface-Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Dorothy Lee	Antimony		Occurrence	MRDS
Dry Gulch Pumice Deposit	Pumice		Occurrence	MRDS
Dsck Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Eight Mile District	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
El Jay	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Ellade	Vermiculite	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Gird Creek	Titanium	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Gird's Creek Vermiculite	Vermiculite		Occurrence	MRDS
Gold Bar Placer	Gold	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Gold Creek	Fluorine-Fluorite		Unknown	MRDS
Gold Leaf	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Gold Leaf Mine	Gold, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Green Goose and Sunset	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Hamilton Vermiculite Deposit	Vermiculite		Occurrence	MRDS
Harris Sand & Gravel	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Hidden Lake Prospect	Copper, Gold, Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Hidden Lake Tungsten	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
High-Level Placers Hughes Creek	Gold	Placer	Past Producer	MRDS
High-Level Placers Hughes Creek	Gold	Placer	Past Producer	MRDS
Highland Mine	Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
Highland Mine	Copper	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Hughes Creek Placer	Gold	Placer	Past Producer	MRDS
Hughes Gulch Placer	Gold	Placer	Past Producer	MRDS
Hughs Creek Placer	Gold	Placer	Past Producer	MRDS
Iron Cap		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Iron Cap Mine	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
J & J 2	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Jackie Mine	Tin	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Larrigon Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Last Chance	Gold	Surface-Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Lbj, Pic and Per Group	Gold, PGE, Silver	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Little Joe Prospect	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Little Joe Prospect	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Logger Bugle Ridge Group	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Logger Claims Group	Gold, Silver, Beryllium, Molybdenum		Occurrence	MRDS
Logger No. 1 Claim	Gold	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Lost Horse Creek	Titanium	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Lucky Joe Mine	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Lucky Joe Mine	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Lucky Star Claim	Gold	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Lucky Strike	Beryllium	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Lucky Strike	Quartz	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Lucky Strike Shaft	Copper	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Lumberjack Group	Fluorine-Fluorite	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Mace Prospect	Tantalum	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Main River Valley	Iron	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
McCalla Creek	Titanium	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
McCalla Creek Placer Area	Garnet, Titanium, Metal, Thorium, Zirconium, Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Meadow Creek	Iron, Titanium, Metal		Occurrence	MRDS
Mill Creek	Titanium	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Miller Mine	Barium-Barite		Unknown	MRDS
Mineral Point District	Niobium (Columbium), REE		Prospect	MRDS
Montana Prince	Quartz	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Montana Prince Mine	Silver, Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Montana Star Mine	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Mountain View Gravel Pit/morten Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Murry Grant Claims	Lead	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
New Discovery	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Nez Pearce #1	Fluorine-Fluorite	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Old Corvallis Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Temporarily Idled	MSHA
One Horse	Zinc, Silver, Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Ore Finder Group	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Pine Tree	Tungsten	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Placer	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Placer	Gold	Placer	Occurrence	MRDS
Placer Mine	Gold	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Placer Mine	Gold	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Placer Mine	Gold	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Pleasant View	Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Pleasant View	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Portable 2	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Temporarily Idled	MSHA
Portable 36	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Temporarily Idled	MSHA
Portable 45	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Temporarily Idled	MSHA
Portable Crusher	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Temporarily Idled	MSHA
Puff Ball No. 1-17	REE	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Rbc Crusher #1	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Ravalli County Crusher	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Red Rock Creek	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Retirement Claims	Fluorine-Fluorite	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Ripple Lake Prospect	Silver, Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Roaring Lion Creek	Titanium	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Rocky Point No. 5	Barium-Barite		Occurrence	MRDS
Rye Creek	Thorium	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Rye Creek Mine	Rare Earths Ore	Facility	Abandoned	MSHA
Rye Creek Prospect	Niobium (Columbium)		Occurrence	MRDS
Sargent Ranch	Uranium	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Sawtooth Creek	Titanium	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Schooner Gulch	Gold	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Screen	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Temporarily Idled	MSHA
Shalkaho Creek	Titanium	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Sharrot Creek	Titanium	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Sheafman Creek	Titanium	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Sheep Creek Columbite Deposits	Niobium (Columbium)	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Sheep Creek Deposits	Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum		Occurrence	MRDS
Shook	Copper	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Silverthorn Creek	Titanium	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Skalkaho Vermiculite Deposit	Vermiculite	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Slate Creek Mine	Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
Slate Creek Prospect	Tungsten	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Sleeping Child	Tungsten	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Sleeping Child A	Quartz		Occurrence	MRDS
Sleeping Child A	Quartz		Occurrence	MRDS
Sleeping Child B	Quartz		Occurrence	MRDS
Sleeping Child B	Quartz		Occurrence	MRDS
Sleeping Child Quarry	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Slocum Gulch Barite Deposit	Barium-Barite		Occurrence	MRDS
Smith Mine	Silver		Prospect	MRDS
Smith Mine	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Spooner Creek Ash	Pumice		Occurrence	MRDS
Star	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Starr	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Stevensville Barite Deposit	Barium-Barite		Occurrence	MRDS
Stewart Excavating Inc.	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Strife Prospect	Tungsten	Surface-Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Three Mile Creek Placer	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Three Mile District	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Tirebiter #5 & #6	Niobium (Columbium)	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Titanium Occurrence	Titanium	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Titanium Occurrence	REE		Occurrence	MRDS
Titanium Occurrence	REE		Occurrence	MRDS
Titanium Occurrence	REE		Occurrence	MRDS
Trapper Ck Claims	Uranium	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Unknown	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	REE, Niobium (Columbium), Uranium, Thorium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Be Occ	Beryllium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Carbonate Bands	Niobium (Columbium)		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Fluorine-Fluorite	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Pumice		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Niobium (Columbium)		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Vermiculite		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Niobium (Columbium)		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Pumice		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Barium-Barite		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Clay		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Clay		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Pumice		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Niobium (Columbium)		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Molybdenum		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Barium-Barite		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Pubmice Occurrence	Pumice		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Sample Location	Calcium	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Vermiculite	Vermiculite		Occurrence	MRDS
Victor Deposit	Titanium	Placer	Prospect	MRDS
Victor Placer Area			Occurrence	MRDS
Victor Placer Area	Titanium, Metal, Thorium, Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Victor Pumicite	Pumice		Occurrence	MRDS
Violet Group	Molybdenum		Occurrence	MRDS
Violet Group	Molybdenum	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
W Fork-Bitteroot River	Barium-Barite		Unknown	MRDS
Washington	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Watchtower 1-9	Lead, Zinc, Silver	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Whipperwill Mine	Gold	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
White Cloud	Iron	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
White Cloud Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Wild Maple	Zinc	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Willoughby Creek Ash	Pumice		Occurrence	MRDS
Windyridge	Zinc, Lead	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Woods Creek Barite No. 1	Barium-Barite		Unknown	MRDS
Woods Creek Copper Mine	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Woods Creek Copper Mine	Copper	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Woods Creek Deposits	REE, Niobium (Columbium), Barium-Barite		Occurrence	MRDS
Woods Creek Iron Deposit		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Woods Creek Iron Mine	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Woods Creek Iron Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Woodtick No.1	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS