Mines in Brewster County, Texas

Brewster County, Texas has 97 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 14 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is mercury, with 37 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Brewster County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Cowboy Mining Co	Common Clays NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Ecology Grinding Plant	Clay, Ceramic, Refractory Mnls.	Surface	Active	MSHA
Stubbs Quarry	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Bentonite Mine	Bentonite	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Bird Mine	Silver, Lead, Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc		Producer	MRDS
Border Mines Bentonite Plant	Bentonite	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Kimball Quarry & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Marathon Plant	Fluorine-Fluorite	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Paisano Mine	Fluorine-Fluorite		Producer	MRDS
Paisano Mine	Fluorine-Fluorite	Surface-Underground	Producer	MRDS
The Ranch Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Webb Pit	Stone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Woodward Ranch Mine	Gemstone		Producer	MRDS
Adobe Walls Mine	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Alpine Bentonite Pit	Bentonite		Occurrence	MRDS
Alpine Plant	Bentonite	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
American Bentonite	Bentonite	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Anderson Ranch Prospect	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Big Bend National Park Deposits			Occurrence	MRDS
Bissett Prospect	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Black Mountain Prospect	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Brown Prospects	Mercury	Surface-Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Burdett Prospect	Manganese, Silver, Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Canyon Group Prospect	Mercury	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Chisos Mine	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Clark Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Colquitt Tigner Mine	Mercury		Past Producer	MRDS
Coltrin's Camp Occurrence	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Corazones Peaks District	Fluorine-Fluorite		Unknown	MRDS
Duncan Mine	Mercury	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Fernandes Mine	Mercury		Past Producer	MRDS
Fizzle Flat and Green Valley Prospects	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Hess Ranch Prospect	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Hudspeth	Iron		Unknown	MRDS
Lafarelle	Mercury	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Le Roi Prospect	Mercury	Surface-Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Little Thirty-Eight Mine	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Lockhausen	Barium-Barite		Unknown	MRDS
Lone Star Mine	Mercury	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Lowe Prospect	Mercury	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Mi Swaco-Alpine	Bentonite	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Maggie Sink Mine (Bobs)	Mercury	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Marathon Dome Prospect	Mercury		Prospect	MRDS
Margaret D Mine	Mercury	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Mariposa Mine	Mercury	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Mariscal Mine	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Monte Cristo and Croesus Claims	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Nevill Ranch Occurrence	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Not Yours But Mine	Sand, Common	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Paisano Mine	Fluorine-Fluorite		Past Producer	MRDS
Pickens Oil Prospect	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Piedra Azul Prospect	Fluorine-Fluorite		Occurrence	MRDS
Rainbow Mine	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Rio Grande Prospect (sec. 70, Block 341)	Mercury	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Rio Grande Quicksilver Co. Claims (sec. 40, Block G-12)	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Sample Group Mine	Mercury	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Section 98 Prospects	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Star Mine	Mercury	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Stephenson Prospect	Manganese		Unknown	MRDS
Stillwell Mountain Prospect	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Study Butte Mine	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Superior 07 & 18	Bentonite	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Texas Sodium Bentonite Inc	Common Clays NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Tarrant Property In Sec. 18	Mercury		Past Producer	MRDS
Tarrant Property In Sec. 39	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Terlingua District	Mercury		Past Producer	MRDS
Two-Forty-Eight Mine	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Mine	Mercury		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Occurrence	Fluorine-Fluorite		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Occurrence	Fluorine-Fluorite		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Occurrence	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Occurrence	Barium-Barite		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Occurrence	Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Occurrences	Fluorine-Fluorite		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Occurrences	Fluorine-Fluorite		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Occurrences	Fluorine-Fluorite		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Occurrences	Fluorine-Fluorite		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Occurrences	Fluorine-Fluorite		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Fluorine-Fluorite		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Uranium, Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Molybdenum, Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Copper, Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospects	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospects	Fluorine-Fluorite		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospects	Fluorine-Fluorite		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospects	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Waldron Workings In Sec. 40	Mercury	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS