Mines in Fall River County, South Dakota
161Total
12Active
Fall River County, South Dakota has 161 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 12 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is uranium, with 128 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.
All Mines in Fall River County
| Mine | Commodity | Type | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Sand Plant | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Active | MSHA |
| Birdsall Sand & Gravel Co Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Darrow #3 Pit | Uranium | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Darrow Lease | Uranium | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Fall River County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Heck Lease | Uranium | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Hills Material Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Lion #2 Pit | Uranium | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Lo Ra No. 1 | Uranium | Producer | MRDS | |
| Oral Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Peterson Lease | Uranium | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Accidental No. 1 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Accidental No. 10 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Accidental No. 3 | Uranium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Acme | Uranium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Alice | Uranium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Amy No. 1 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Apple Pie | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| B and H Nos. 1-6 | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Barber | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Barker and Howell | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Baxter | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Beadle Group | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Bear Lodge | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Bell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Bits | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Blue Chip | Uranium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Blue Note | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Burke Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Burke Quarry | Flagstone | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Carabou | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Carnotite Cave | Uranium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Chilson Canyon No. 1 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Clarabell Nos. 1-5 | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Coal Canyon 6de | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Coal Canyon Lode | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Coal Canyon No. 1 | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Coal Canyon No. 4 | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Cram Lease | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Crandal Group | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Cycad No. 1 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Dagmar | Uranium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Dakota | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Dakota Flat | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Damsite | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Darrow Lease | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Diana A | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Eagle Eyrie | Uranium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Edgemont 1-6 | Uranium | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Edgemont Grindstone Co | Flagstone | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Edgemont Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Elm Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Elm Creek Quarry | Flagstone | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Eunice | Uranium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Evans Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Evans Quarry | Flagstone | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Flora | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Freezeout No. 3 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Gertrude | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Get Me Rich No. 1 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Gould Lease | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Grant Robinson Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Grant Robinson Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Green Acre | Uranium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Green Acre No. 3 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Greenslipper | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Greenslipper 1 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Greenslipper 2 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Greenslipper 3 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Gull | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Gull Leases 1 and 3 | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Helen | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Hell's Canyon | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Hey and Fay | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Hi Pockets | Uranium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Holdup No. 15 | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Holdup No. 17 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Holdup No. 2 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Hot Point | Uranium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Hot Springs City Land Fill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Hot Springs Gypsum | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Hot Springs Gypsum Co | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Surface | Unknown | MRDS |
| Hot Springs Plaster Co | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Imogene | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Jackpine | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Jo Ann | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Johnson-Starlite | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| King Mine | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Kl-15 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Kleemann | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Temporarily Idled | MSHA |
| Koller | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Lazyman | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Lion | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Little Ann | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Little Windy | Uranium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Lucky No. 1 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Lucky Strike | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Lucky Toss | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Lucy | Uranium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Marietta Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Martinson | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Marty's Timber Claim | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Mary Jac No.9 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Matias Peak | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| McKnight | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Negro Gulch | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Ophelia | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| P.q. 3144 (fast Pack) | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Pabst No. 3 | Uranium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Pat 2 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Patsy | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Payday | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Pee Wee | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Pennywitt | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Pictograph | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Portable 1 | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Intermittent | MSHA |
| Portable Wash Plant | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Temporarily Idled | MSHA |
| Ram 1 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Refinite Corp Bentonite Pit | Clay | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Reutter Group | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Ridge Runner No. 1a | Uranium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Ridge Runner No. 3 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Ridge Runner No. 4 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Rip Snorter | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Road Hog 1a | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Road Hog 3a | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Romey Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Rosebud Sioux L-40 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Rowena | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Runge | Molybdenum, Uranium, Rhenium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Runge | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Runge East | Uranium | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Runge West | Uranium | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Sec. 36-8s-3e | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Shamrock Group | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Sheep Canyon | Uranium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Shelton-Warren | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Skinny Sob | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Skipper No. 4 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| South View No. 3 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Taylor Lease | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Tess | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Tin Shack | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Too Late | Uranium | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Trail Wind | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Traill Fraction | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Uranium No.1 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Valley View | Uranium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Valley View No. 6 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Verde | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Virginia C | Uranium | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Wakan | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Wash Plant 1 | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Intermittent | MSHA |
| Washboard | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Western Edge | Uranium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Yellow Cat | Uranium | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Yellowcat 1 | Uranium | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |