Mines in Ector County, Texas

30Total

19Active

Ector County, Texas has 30 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 19 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is stone, crushed/broken, with 11 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Ector County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Alpine Silica-Monahans	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Henderson Pit	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Odessa Pit	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Odessa Cement Plant	Cement	Facility	Active	MSHA
Odessa Facility	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Penwell Crusher	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Cap Rock Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Foster Sulfur Plant	Sulfur	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Goldsmith Sulfur Plant	Natural Gas	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Jones Bros Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Jones Bros Pit 2	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Moss Quarry	Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken		Producer	MRDS
North Cowden Sulfur Plant	Natural Gas	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Odessa Quarry	Limestone, General		Producer	MRDS
Odessa Sulfur Plant	Sulfur	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Southwestern Cement Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Strain Brothers Limestone Operation	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Weaver-Cunningham Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Wes-Tex No. 1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Faudree Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hrs-Penwell	Sand, Industrial NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Hence Barrow Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
I44	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Jci Cs 4250 Portable Crusher # 5	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Jci Ft 4250 Portable Crusher # 2	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Knox Pit	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Knox Pit	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Permian Sand and Gravel Operation	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Pugmill #1	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Rochester Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS