Mines in Crook County, Oregon

Crook County, Oregon has 321 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 79 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is mercury, with 93 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Crook County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Adam's Timber Service Llc	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Gb Resources Llc	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Pulguero	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Bear Springs	Gemstone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Brooks Resources	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Buckner Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Camp Creek	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Camp Creek Area	Geothermal	Geothermal	Producer	MRDS
Central Oregon Bentonite	Bentonite	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Congleton Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Crook County #2	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Crook County #4	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Crook County Cinder Pit	Pumice	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Evergreen Bentonite Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Evergreen Bentonite Pit	Bentonite	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Fly Ridge	Gemstone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Grassy Butte Cinder Pit	Pumice	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Griffin Site	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Hudspeth	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Jageye Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Jagi Pit	Stone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Jones-McKay Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Juniper Canyon	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Lavish Lady	Gemstone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Layton	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Little Smaky	Gemstone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Lone Pine Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Lost Cinnabar	Mercury		Producer	MRDS
Lost Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Lucky Strike	Semiprecious Gemstone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Modular Crushing #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Mp 12.5 Ochoco Highway	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Mp 23.6 Ochoco Highway	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
O'Neal Sand and Gravel Co	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Ochoco Agate Mining Claim	Gemstone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Ochoco Hgihway Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Ochoco Highway Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Paulina Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Prineville Reservoir Community Pit	Pumice	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Quens Lease	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Rafter #2	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Rainbow Ridge Mine	Semiprecious Gemstone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Rickman Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Riverside Ranch Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Rocky Canyon	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Sleeping Beauty	Gemstone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Smoky Blue	Gemstone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Stahancyk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Tamarak	Gemstone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Two Dogs	Gemstone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Pumice	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Weberg Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Weberg Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
White Fir	Gemstone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Widow Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Williams Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Allison	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Allison Prospect	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Amity Mine	Mercury		Past Producer	MRDS
Amity Mine	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Amundson Mercury	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Amundson Mercury	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Barb Wire	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Barnes Butte	Mercury		Past Producer	MRDS
Barnes Butte Mine	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Basalt Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Basalt Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Basalt Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Basalt Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Basalt Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Basalt Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Beale	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Beale Prospect	Mercury		Unknown	MRDS
Bear Creek	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Bear Creek	Uranium	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Bear Creek Butte Uranium	Uranium		Unknown	MRDS
Bear Creek Project	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Bear Creek Project	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Bear Creek Project	Gold	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Bear Creek Uranium	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Bear Creek Uranium	Uranium	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Bear Springs	Gemstone		Past Producer	MRDS
Big Timber	Gold, Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Big Timber	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Blevins	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Blevins Prospect	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Blue Ridge	Mercury		Past Producer	MRDS
Blue Ridge Mine	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Botz	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Botz Prospect	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Breese Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Brooks Resources	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Bryam-Oscar	Mercury		Past Producer	MRDS
Buckner Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Byram-Oscar Mine	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Camp Creek	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Central Oregon Bentonite	Bentonite		Past Producer	MRDS
Champion	Mercury		Past Producer	MRDS
Champion Mine	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Cinnabar	Mercury		Past Producer	MRDS
Cinnabar	Mercury		Unknown	MRDS
Clay	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Clover Patch (bentonite Llc)	Bentonite	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Congleton	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Connant Basin	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Connant Basin	Mercury		Unknown	MRDS
Crook County #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Crook County #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Crook County #3	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Crook County #4	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Crook County Cinder Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
Crooked River Tuff	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Crooked River Tuff	Volcanic Materials	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Devil's Food	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Devil's Food Prospect	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Dry Creek Aggregate	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Eickemeyer Prospect	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Eickemeyer Prospect	Mercury	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Evergreen Bentonite, Incpit	Zeolites		Past Producer	MRDS
Fly Ridge	Gemstone		Past Producer	MRDS
Fox Canyon Pit	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Fox Canyon Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Games Guide Group	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Games Guide Group	Uranium	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gold Prospect	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Goodman Aggregate	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Grassy Butte Cinder Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Gray Prairie	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Gray Prairie Prospect	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Griffin Site	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Grizzly Land & Resource	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Gypsite Occurence	Gypsum-Anhydrite		Occurrence	MRDS
Gypsite Occurence	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Hampton Butte	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Hampton Butte Prospect		Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Hudson	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Hudson Prospect	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Hudspeth	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Ideal	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Ideal Cinnabar	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Ideal Cinnabar Mine	Mercury		Prospect	MRDS
Ideal Prospect	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Independent	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Independent Prospect	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Israel	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Israel Prospect	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Jageye	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Jagi Pit	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Jimmy Ann	Mercury		Past Producer	MRDS
Joe Dandy	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Joe Dandy	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Johnson	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Johnson Prospect	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Jones-McKay	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Jungle Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Juniper Canyon	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Juniper Canyon Pit	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Kidnap Spring	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Kidnap Spring Prospect	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Lamonta	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Last Chance	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Lavish Lady	Gemstone		Past Producer	MRDS
Layton	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Little Chance	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Little Chance Mine	Gold	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Little Hay Creek	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Little Hay Creek Prospect	Chromium	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Little Smaky	Gemstone		Past Producer	MRDS
Log Cabin	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Lone Pine Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Lost Creek	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Lucky Strike	Gemstone		Past Producer	MRDS
Lucky Strike Mine	Gemstone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
M.a.s. No 1,2,3,&,4	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
M.a.s. Nos. 1-4	Mercury	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Maury Mountain Mines	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Maury Mountains Mine	Mercury		Past Producer	MRDS
Mayflower Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Modular Crushing #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Modular Crushing Co	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Modular Crushing Co.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Moore	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Moore Prospect	Mercury		Prospect	MRDS
Mother Lode	Mercury		Past Producer	MRDS
Mother Lode Mine	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Mp 12.5 Ochoco Highway	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Mp 23.6 Ochoco Highway	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
New Deal	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
New Deal	Mercury		Prospect	MRDS
O'Neil Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Ochoco	Gold, Lead, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Ochoco Highway	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Ochoco Highway	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Ochoco Mining Agate Cl	Gemstone		Past Producer	MRDS
Ontko	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Ontko Prospect	Mercury	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Oregon Emerald Tuff Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Oregon Emerald Tuff Quarry	Volcanic Materials	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Oregon Grape	Gold, Silver, Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Oregon Grape	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Orion Mining Co.	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Oronogo	Mercury		Past Producer	MRDS
Oronogo Mine	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Paulina	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Peaslee Creek	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Peaslee Creek Prospect	Mercury	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Pieratt	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Pinkey	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Pinkey Prospect	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Plant #1	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Platner	Mercury		Past Producer	MRDS
Platner Mine	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Portable 2020	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Portable Crusher	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Portable Plant #1	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Powell Butte Uranium	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Powell Butte Uranium	Uranium	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Prinevile Reservoir	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
Prineville Bentonite	Bentonite		Past Producer	MRDS
Prineville Bentonite	Bentonite	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Prineville Sand & Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Prineville Sand& Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Quens Lease	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Rogue Portable #7	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Rafter #2	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Red Warrior	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Red Warrior	Mercury		Unknown	MRDS
Rickman	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Riverside Ranch	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Rocky Canyon	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Round Mountain	Mercury		Past Producer	MRDS
Round Mountain Prospect	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
S A Moore Llc Prineville	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Smaf	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Sage Hollow Mining Inc	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Sage Hollow Mining Inc.	Volcanic Materials	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Salt Creek	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Salt Creek Prospect	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Scissors Creek Area Placers	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Scissors Creek Area Placers	Gold	Placer	Past Producer	MRDS
Sleeping Beauty	Gemstone		Past Producer	MRDS
Smoky Blue	Gemstone		Past Producer	MRDS
Stahancyk Grizzly Mtn Rock Prod	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Staley Mine	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Star #1-2-3	Bentonite	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Steins Pillar Area Zeolite	Zeolites		Occurrence	MRDS
Steins Pillar Area Zeolite	Zeolites	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Strickland Butte Mine	Mercury		Past Producer	MRDS
Strickland Butte Mine	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Suplee Area Iron	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Suplee Area Iron	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Suplee Limestone Area	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Suplee Limestone Area	Limestone, General	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Tachman	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Tamarack	Gemstone		Past Producer	MRDS
Taylor Ranch	Mercury		Past Producer	MRDS
Taylor Ranch Mine	Chromium	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Towner	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Two Dogs	Gemstone		Past Producer	MRDS
Viewpoint	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Viewpoint Prospect	Mercury		Unknown	MRDS
Woodward Plant	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Walter J Osborne	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Walter J. Osborne	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Watson	Mercury		Past Producer	MRDS
Watson Prospect	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Weberg Pit	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Weberg Pit	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Wesserling	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Wesserling Prospect	Mercury		Prospect	MRDS
Westerling	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
White Fir	Gemstone		Past Producer	MRDS
White Swan	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
White Swan Gypsum	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
White Swan Gypsun	Gypsum-Anhydrite		Occurrence	MRDS
Widow Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Wildfire Cinnabar	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Wildfire Cinnabar	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Willams	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Williams Aggregate, Inc.	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Williams Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Williams Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA