Mines in Cheshire County, New Hampshire
116Total
11Active
Cheshire County, New Hampshire has 116 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 11 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is feldspar, with 23 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.
All Mines in Cheshire County
| Mine | Commodity | Type | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire Quarry | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Active | MSHA |
| Cold River Materials Keene Plant | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Active | MSHA |
| Cold River Materials Walpole Quarry | Crushed, Broken Stone NEC | Surface | Active | MSHA |
| Garland Pit | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Active | MSHA |
| Gordon Gravel and Stone Llc | Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC | Surface | Active | MSHA |
| Mitchell Materials- Winchester | Crushed, Broken Stone NEC | Surface | Active | MSHA |
| Portable Plant | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Active | MSHA |
| Cold River Pit & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Keene Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Keene Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Westmoreland Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Adam Rock Mine | Graphite | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Allen Feldspar Quarry | Feldspar | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Allen Mine | Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Feldspar | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Bald Hill Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Beauregard Mica Mine | Mica | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Beech Hill Deposit | Kyanite | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Big Mine | Mica, Feldspar | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Bingham Hill Prospect | Feldspar | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Blake Mine | Mica | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Blister Mine | Feldspar | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Britton Feldspar Mine | Feldspar | Surface-Underground | Prospect | MRDS |
| Burroughs Beryl Prospect | Beryllium | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Cec Track Road Runner | Crushed, Broken Stone NEC | Surface | Intermittent | MSHA |
| Caldwell Pond Diatomite | Diatomite | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Caron Mine | Feldspar | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Cass Hill Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Chickering Mine | Feldspar | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Cobb Hill Deposit | Kyanite | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Cold River Materials, Westmoreland | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Cold River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Colony Feldspar Mine | Feldspar | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Daniel O'Neil Property | Feldspar | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Davidson Farm Pegmatite | Beryllium | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Ed Clark Mine | Beryllium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Fitzgibbon Mica Mine | Feldspar | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Fletcher Feldspar Mine | Feldspar | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Frank W Whitcomb Construction | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| French Mica Mine | Feldspar | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Fuzzy Brothers Llc | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Intermittent | MSHA |
| Gap Mountain Deposit | Kyanite | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| George Porter Mine | Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Feldspar | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| George Porter Mine | Feldspar | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Gilsum Pit | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Intermittent | MSHA |
| Golding Keene's Co. Mine | Feldspar, Mica | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| H.h. Buswell Property | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Offshore | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Halfway House Deposit | Kyanite | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Hall Feldspar Prospect | Feldspar | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Hinsdale Foundry Sand Prospect | Silica | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Honeywell Estate Prospect | Molybdenum | Surface | Occurrence | MRDS |
| Hope Farm Mica Prospect | Mica | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Howard Prospect Gilsum | Feldspar | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Howe Ledge Beryl Prospect | Beryllium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Island Mica Mine | Mica | Surface-Underground | Prospect | MRDS |
| James Davis Prospect | Feldspar | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Jehial White Mica Mine | Feldspar | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Keene Foundry Sand No.1 | Silica | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Keene Foundry Sand No.2 | Silica | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Keene Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Keene Sand and Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Kirk No. 1 Mica Mine | Feldspar | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Kirk No.2 Mica Mine | Feldspar | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Lawrence Pit | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Lawrence Sand and Gravel Llc | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Intermittent | MSHA |
| Lincoln | Molybdenum | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Lincoln Mine | Molybdenum | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Lincoln Mine | Molybdenum | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Lyman Mine | Feldspar | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Metcalf Stone | Crushed, Broken Stone NEC | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Mine On Mine Mtn. | Iron | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Mt. Monadnock Area Sillimanite Deposits | Occurrence | MRDS | ||
| Mud Pond Diatomite | Diatomite | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Nichols Mica Mine | Mica | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Nims Mine | Mica | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Nordberg Ct 80 | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Intermittent | MSHA |
| Osborne Mine | Beryllium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Osgood Mine | Graphite | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Pierce Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Pike Pond Diatomite | Diatomite | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Plant # 2 | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Intermittent | MSHA |
| Pomlow Mine | Feldspar | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Portable Crusher #1 | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Portable Nordberg Jaw Crusher | Crushed, Broken Stone NEC | Surface | Intermittent | MSHA |
| Portable Roadrunner | Crushed, Broken Stone NEC | Surface | Intermittent | MSHA |
| Provencher Mica Prospect | Mica | Surface-Underground | Prospect | MRDS |
| Pumpelly Ridge Deposits | Kyanite | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Renaud Gravel - Hinsdale Pit | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Rev. Gad Newell Prospect | Graphite | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Richmond Quarry | Talc-Soapstone | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Rindge Stone and Gravel, Llc | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Intermittent | MSHA |
| Rockwood Swamp Diatomite | Diatomite | Offshore | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Shaws Corner Sulfide Showing | Sulfur-Pyrite | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Spofford Occurrence | Molybdenum | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Spragueville Sand Prospect | Silica | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Springer No. 2 Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Springer No.1 Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Stoddard Fluorite Mine | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Stoddard Property/pierce Mines | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Streeter Hill Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Surry Dam Prospect | Mica | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Surry Mountain Mine | Lead | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Surry Sand & Gravel Llc | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Intermittent | MSHA |
| Turner Mine | Feldspar | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Walpole Foundry Sand Prospect | Silica | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Walpole Graphite Mine | Graphite | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Walpole Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Processing Plant | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Walpole Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | MRDS | |
| West Swanzey Foundry Sand | Silica | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Westmoreland Foundry Sand No. 2 | Silica | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Westmoreland Foundry Sand No.1 | Silica | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Westmoreland Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Will Wise Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Will Wise Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Winchester | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Winham Mine | Feldspar | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Woodbury Cory Prospect | Feldspar | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |