Mines in Jefferson County, Oregon

Jefferson County, Oregon has 114 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 28 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is mercury, with 32 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Jefferson County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Rock N Road Quarry Llc	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Axehandle Mine	Mercury	Surface-Underground	Producer	MRDS
Culver Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gateway Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Grenada	Stone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Jefferson County Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Madras Pit	Stone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Madras/prineville Hwy Jct	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Metolius Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Opal Spring	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Pelton Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Priday Polka Dot Beds	Semiprecious Gemstone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Qualle Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Round Butte Cinder Pit	Pumice	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Round Butte Cinder Pit	Pumice	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Schmoker Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Steelhead Falls Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Stevenson Quarry	Stone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Swanson Quarry	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
Willow Creek Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Willowdale Rose	Volcanic Materials	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Axehandle Mine	Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony, Sulfur, Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Baggett	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Basalt Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Basalt Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Big Muddy Cinnabar	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Big Muddy Cinnabar	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Cherry Creek	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Cherry Creek	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Culver Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Custer Young	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Custer Young	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
D-Ray Crushing	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Friend	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Gateway Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Gold Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Good Chance Prospect	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Good Chance Prospect	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Good Earth Prospect	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Good Earth Prospect	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	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	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gray Butte	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Gray Butte	Mercury		Prospect	MRDS
Green Ridge Rock Products	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Grenada	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Grody Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Grody Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Horse Creek	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Horse Creek	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Horse Heaven Mine	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Humboldt	Mercury		Past Producer	MRDS
Humbolt Mine	Mercury	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Jefferson County	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Jefferson Portable	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Madias Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Madras/prineville Hwy Jctse	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Mercury Prospect	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Metolius Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Metolius Rock Quarry	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Mine #4	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Mobile Crusher Setup 1	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Opal Creek	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Opal Creek Prospect	Mercury		Unknown	MRDS
Opal Mountain	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Opal Mountain Prospect	Mercury		Unknown	MRDS
Opal Spring	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Oregon King Mine	Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Oregon King Mine		Underground	Plant	MRDS
Pelton	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Qualle 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
Queen of Oregon	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Queen of Oregon	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Red Jacket	Mercury, Antimony, Copper, Gold, Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Red Jacket Mine	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Redskin	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Redskin	Mercury	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Roark	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Roark Prospect	Mercury		Unknown	MRDS
Roark and Lowry	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Roark and Lowry	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Round Butte Cinder Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
Round Butte Cinder Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
Roy Mining Property	Silver, Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Roy Mining Property	Silver	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Schmoker	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Steelhead Falls Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Stevenson Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Swanson Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Mercury		Unknown	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Gold		Unknown	MRDS
Warm Springs Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Warm Springs Quarry	Stone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Willow Creek Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Willowdale Rose	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Zimpki Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Zimpki Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Old Maids Canyon Quarry	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA