Mines in Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Franklin County, Pennsylvania has 106 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 7 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is iron, with 74 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Franklin County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Mt. Cydonia Sand Plant I	Crushed, Broken Sandstone	Surface	Active	MSHA
St. Thomas Quarry	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Chambersburg Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Clarks Knob Quarry	Flagstone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Mt Cydonia Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Mt Cydonia Plant No. 1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
New Ent'Prise Stone Dry Run Qy/pt	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Ahl Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Ahl Iron Ore	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Ahl Iron Ore2 &1	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Beaver Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Bowers Furnace Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Brown Farm Placer	Chromium		Past Producer	MRDS
Calliman Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Camp Ritchie		Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Carrick Furnace Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Chambersburg Quarry	Limestone, General		Past Producer	MRDS
Chambersburg Quarry	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Clevers Iron Ore Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Conocheague Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Cressier/koser Ore Bank	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Cressler Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Dry Run Quarry	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Douglas Iron Ore	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Dry Run Plant	Limestone, General		Past Producer	MRDS
English Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Garlic Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
George Rock Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
George Umbrill Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
George Wineman Pit	Iron	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Gochenauer and Rohrer Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Good's Hematite Iron Ore Opening	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Guilford Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Heinbaugh Lime Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hope Diggings	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
J.r. Zeek Sandstone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
Jacob Rock Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Kleeman Mc110	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Koser Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Leib Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lessig Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Limekiln Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Little Pond Bank No. 2	Iron	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Lower Buzzards Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mt Cydonia Sand Plant Ii	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
McFarland Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
McGowans Pit	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
McHose Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
McNeal Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Means Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mont Alto Mill Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mont Alto Mines		Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Mont Alto No. 32 Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mont Alto Ore Banks & 2 Additional	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Mt Cydonia Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Mt Cydonia Plant No. 2 and Pits	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Mt. Bunks Iron Ore	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Mt.pleasant Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
New Guildford Area	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Old Carrick Ore Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Old Johnson Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Pass Orchard Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Path Valley Ore Banks		Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Pond Bank No. 1	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Pond Ore Bank & English Bank	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Promise Mine	Iron	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Railroad Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Richmond Bog Ore Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Richmond Ore Banks & Numerous Unnamed Banks	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Robert McCleary Bank			Past Producer	MRDS
Robert McLeary Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Ruby Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Ruth Shaft	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Smith and Avery Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Southampton Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Squire Stinger Bank	Iron	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Stouffer Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Terex 883	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Unnamed	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed			Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed & 2 Additional Mines	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Iron Mine Openings	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed, Falling Springs Area	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed, Licking Creek Area	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed, Mercersburg Area	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed, N. of Cove Gap	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed, S. of Cove Gap	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed, S. of St. Thomas	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed, Sw of Sylvan	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed, W. of St. Thomas	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed, Willamson Area	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed--Path Valley & 2 Additional	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed--Path Valley & 2 Additional	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed--Path Valley & 3 Additional	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed--Path Valley & Two Additional	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Upper Buzzards Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Virgin Mine/reed Hill/bingham/eagle Metallic Mines	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
W.l. Chambers Opening	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Webster Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Wiestling Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
William Collom/amos Pugh/sidwell Mines	Chromium		Past Producer	MRDS
William Ludwig Farm Deposit	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Williamson Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Williamson Quarry	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Wythe Douglas Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Zullinger Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS