Mines in Providence County, Rhode Island

Providence County, Rhode Island has 99 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 sand and gravel, construction, with 40 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Providence County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Brighter Vision	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Cranston Quarry	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Cumberland Quarry Corp.	Crushed, Broken Traprock	Surface	Active	MSHA
Lynch Corp	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Material Sand & Stone Corp	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Portable 11	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Portable 7	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Portable 9	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Portable Two	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Pound Hill Quarry	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Slatersville Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Acme Mine and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Forte Brothers Pit	Stone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Greenville Road Mine & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Holliston Sand Plant Number 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
J. Santoro Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Lincoln Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
M A Gammino Construction Co	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Producer	MRDS
M. W. Prior Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Phenix Avenue Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Rock of Ages Inc	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Producer	MRDS
Silvestri Brothers Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Taggart Sand Products Corp. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Tasca Route 98 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Tasca Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Town Line Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Town of Smithfield Highway Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Western Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Acme Mine & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
Acme Mine and Mill	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Acme Sand and Gravel Co	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Andrews Frank Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Bishops Bend Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
C Pezza and Son Inc	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Carmine and Anthony Tasco	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Conklin Limestone Co Inc	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Copper Hill	Molybdenum		Occurrence	MRDS
Copper Mine Hill	Tungsten, Copper, Garnet, Molybdenum, Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Copper Mountain Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Cranston Mine	Graphite		Past Producer	MRDS
Del Bonis Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Difazio Materials	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Dicenzo Construction Co.	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Dicenzo Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Durfee Hill Gold Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Durfee Hill Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Exeter Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Exeter Sand and Gravel Company Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Fortes Brothers Co Inc	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Foster Black Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Foster Prospect	Arsenic		Prospect	MRDS
Glacier Ridge	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Global Waste Recy/independent S & G	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Greenville Road Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
Holliston Sand Company	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Iron Mine Hill	Iron, Titanium	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Iron Mine Hill Deposit	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Iron Mine Hill Deposit	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
J H Lynch and Sons Inc	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
J Santoro Inc	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
J Santoro Pit & Plant	Sand, Industrial NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Manville Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Unknown	MRDS
Material Service Inc	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Mw Prior Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
On This Rock	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Penners Ledge Mine	Graphite		Past Producer	MRDS
Pezza Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Portable 10	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Portable 12	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Portable 13	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Temporarily Idled	MSHA
Portable 3	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Portable 4	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Portable 5	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Portable 8	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Portable One	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Quarries	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
River Sand and Gravel Co	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Riverview	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Smithfield Peat	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Silvestri Bros. Inc.	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Slatersville Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
Smithfield Peat Co	Peat		Past Producer	MRDS
Smithfield Peat Company Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sneech Pond Prospect	Manganese		Prospect	MRDS
Taggart Sand Products Corp.	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Taggart Sand Products Co	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Tasca Sand and Gravel Co	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
The Conklin Limestone Co	Limestone, General		Past Producer	MRDS
Town Line Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Western Sand Inc	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS