Mines in Berks County, Pennsylvania

Berks County, Pennsylvania has 252 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 37 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is iron, with 99 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Berks County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Birdsboro Quarry	Crushed, Broken Traprock	Surface	Active	MSHA
Douglassville Quarry	Crushed, Broken Traprock	Surface	Active	MSHA
Dyer Quarry Inc	Crushed, Broken Traprock	Surface	Active	MSHA
Evansville Plant	Cement	Facility	Active	MSHA
Kutztown Quarry	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Leesport Quarry	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Martin Stone Quarries Inc	Crushed, Broken Sandstone	Surface	Active	MSHA
Mid-Atlantic Quarry	Crushed, Broken Slate	Surface	Active	MSHA
Mount Penn Preparation Plant	Coal (Anthracite)	Facility	Active	MSHA
Rolling Rock Pit	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Allentown Portl'd Cement-Evansville	Stone	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Berks Prdts Oley Mill--Kutztown, Pa	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Douglassville Quarry and Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
E J Breneman Inc	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Evansville Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gabel Enterprise Inc	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Genrl Crshed Stone--Morgantown, Pa.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Glen Gery Brick Yard--Reading, Pa.	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Glen Gery Brick Yard-Shoemak'Rsv'Le	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Grings Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
J T Dyer Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Kutztown Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Kutztown Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Kutztown Quarry and Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Producer	MRDS
Martin Stone Quarries	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Mid Atlantic Division Pit	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Morgantown Plant	Stone		Producer	MRDS
N American Refrac--Womelsdorf, Pa.	Chromium	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
No 5 Quarry and Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Oley # 2	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Oley #1 Quarry & Cement Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Oley Quarry #112	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Shafer Pit	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Shafer Quarry & Plant	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
South Temple Quarry and Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Temple Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Dolomite Quarry	Dolomite	Surface-Underground	Producer	MRDS
(Facility) Ontelaunee Smelter--Reading, Pa.	Copper	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
70007	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Bailey Limestone Quarry	Limestone, General	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Barto Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Beitler Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Berks Silica Sand Corp Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Bern Township Quarry	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Bern Township Quarry	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Bernville Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Bethlehem Iron Co. Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Bethlehem Iron Co. Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Bieber's Mine/brumbach's Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Big Dam Dolomite Quarry	Dolomite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Bittenbender Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Bower Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Bowers Mine No.2	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Boyertown	Palladium, Gold, Lead, Platinum		Occurrence	MRDS
Boyertown Mines--Warwick/gabel/phoenix/brower Mines	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Brower Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Brumbach Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Brumbach Mine	Iron	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Bylers Mine		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
California Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Caroline Schall Estate Prospect	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Clayton Limestone Quarries	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Clingan Quarry and Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
Clymer Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Dolomite Prospect	Dolomite		Occurrence	MRDS
Dolomite Prospect	Dolomite		Occurrence	MRDS
Dolomite Prospect	Dolomite		Occurrence	MRDS
Dotterer Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Dotterer's Mine & 2 Additional	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Douglassville Quarry and Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
E J Breneman Inc Quarry and Mill	Limestone, General		Past Producer	MRDS
Eckert and Bros. Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Eileen Barnes Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Eline Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Esterly Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Esterly Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Eureka Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Eureka Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Evansville Quarry	Limestone, General		Past Producer	MRDS
Evansville Quarry	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Fegley Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Fisher Prospect	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Fleetwood Quarry and Sand Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Fleetwood Quarry and Sand Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Fritz Island Mine		Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Fritz Island Mine/raudenbush Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Gabel Quarry and Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
Gabel Shaft Number 1		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Gabel Shaft Number Two		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Gehman Bank and Mine	Iron	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Geo. W. Kerchner Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gickerville Trap Quarry		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gilberg Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Gilberg Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Gilbert Shaft	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Gilbert Shafts		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Grace Concentrator		Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Grace Iron-Colbalt Minemorgantown/jones & Kinney Mine/bylers Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Grace Mine	Cobalt, Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Grings Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
Grings Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
H. Bieber Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hawley Dolomite Quarry	Dolomite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Heffner Mine No. 1	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Heffner Mine No. 2	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Henry Kaiser Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hertzel and Swoyer Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Heydt Mine/miller & Yoder Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Hoffmann Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Hottenstien Dolomite Quarry	Dolomite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hunter Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
John Kauffman Farm Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
John Wessnor Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Jones Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Kaufmann and Spang Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Kawecki-Berylco Al'Ys-Bowyertown Pa	Niobium (Columbium)	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Kawecki-Berylco Alloys--Reading, Pa	Beryllium	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Kemmerer Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Kemp Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Kinney Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Kirbyville Llimestone Quarry	Limestone, General, Dolomite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Knabb Dolomite Quarry	Dolomite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Knabb Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Knabb's Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Kooller Dolomite Quarry	Dolomite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Kutztown Ii Quarry	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Kutztown Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
Kutztown Quarry and Plant	Limestone, General		Past Producer	MRDS
Landis Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Largo Dolomite Quarry	Dolomite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Limestone Prospect	Limestone, General		Occurrence	MRDS
Limestone Prospect	Limestone, General		Occurrence	MRDS
Limestone Prospect	Limestone, General		Occurrence	MRDS
Limestone Prospect	Limestone, General		Occurrence	MRDS
Limestone Prospect	Limestone, General		Occurrence	MRDS
Limestone Prospect	Limestone, General		Occurrence	MRDS
Limestone Prospect	Limestone, General		Occurrence	MRDS
Limestone Prospect	Limestone, General		Occurrence	MRDS
Lower Heidelberg	Crushed, Broken Slate	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Manwiller Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Manwiller/weaver/hunter Mines	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Martin Stone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
Maxatawny Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mellott-Oley Quarry	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Mid Atlantic Division Pit	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Miller Farm Mines	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Miller's Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Morgantown B Plant Ti	Titanium, Metal	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Moselem Iron Ore Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Moselem Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Mt Pleasant Grove Iron Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Muhlenberg Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Old Millert Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Oley #2	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Oley No 1 Quarry	Cement	Facility	Abandoned	MSHA
Oley Number 1 Quarry and Mill	Limestone, General		Past Producer	MRDS
Oley Number 2 Quarry and Mill	Limestone, General		Past Producer	MRDS
Oley Quarry #112	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Oley Quarry and Mill	Limestone, General		Past Producer	MRDS
Oley Valley Quarry	Zinc		Prospect	MRDS
Ore Mine	Iron	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
P and R Iron Ore Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
P.kline Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Phoenix Middle Shaft		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Phoenix Upper Shaft		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Pikesville Prospect		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry No. 5	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Rauch Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Raudenbusch Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Reading Alloys--Robesonia, Pa.	Niobium (Columbium)	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Rhoades Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Richmond No 5 Quarry	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Rittenhouse Gap Mines	Iron	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Ritter Limestone Quarry	Limestone, General	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Robesonia Quarry and Mill	Limestone, General		Past Producer	MRDS
Robesonia Quarry and Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Rohrbach Mine	Iron		Prospect	MRDS
Rush Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Rush Ore Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Ruth Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Ruth Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Schittler Ore Bank	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Schweitzer and Kutz Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Seitzinger Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Seitzinger Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Shafer Pit	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Shafer Quarry and Plant	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Shain Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Shirey Limestone Quarry	Dolomite, Limestone, General	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Shoemakersville Pit	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Shoemakersville Pit	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
South Temple Quarry and Plant	Limestone, General		Past Producer	MRDS
Sparr Mine No. 1	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Sparr Mine No. 2	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Stoudts Ferry Preparation Plant	Coal (Anthracite)	Facility	Abandoned	MSHA
Stouffer Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Swoyer Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Talley Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Tatham Mine	Iron	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Temple Furnace Mine	Iron	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Temple Quarry	Crushed, Broken Sandstone	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Thomas Iron Co. Mine No. 4	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Trexler Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Trexler's Mine/beitler's Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Tulpehocken Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Tunnel Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Tunnel Mine & 6 Additional Mines	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Udree Ore Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Banks	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Banks	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Dolomite Quarry	Dolomite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Dolomite Quarry	Dolomite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Dolomite Quarry	Dolomite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Dolomite Quarry	Dolomite	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Dolomite Quarry	Dolomite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Dolomite Quarry	Dolomite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Dolomite Quarry	Limestone, General	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Dolomite Quarry	Dolomite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Dolomite Quarry	Dolomite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Fe Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Fe Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Iron Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Iron Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Iron Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Iron Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Iron Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Iron Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Limestone Prospect	Limestone, General		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Limestone Prospect	Limestone, General		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Limestone Prospect	Limestone, General		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Limestone Quarry	Limestone, General	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Limestone Quarry	Limestone, General	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Limestone Quarry	Limestone, General	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Limestone Quarry	Limestone, General	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Limestone Quarry	Limestone, General	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Sandstone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Stone Quarry	Dolomite, Limestone, General	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed--Wernersville Area	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Wagenhorst Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Warwick Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Weavers Mine	Iron	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Wescoe Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Wheatfield Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Wheatfield Mines		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Winter Limestone Quarry	Limestone, General	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Wm. Bittenbender Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Yoder Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS