Mines in Harris County, Texas

Harris County, Texas has 102 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 79 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 31 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Harris County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Hockley Mine	Salt	Underground	Active	MSHA
Hockley Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Houston Mill	Talc	Surface	Active	MSHA
Houston Plant	Barite Barium Ore	Facility	Active	MSHA
Houston Plant	Barite Barium Ore	Facility	Active	MSHA
Houston Plant #2	Talc	Facility	Active	MSHA
Houston Sales Yard	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Facility	Active	MSHA
Mineraltech Gulf Coast Abrasives, Llc	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Right Way	Sand, Common	Surface	Active	MSHA
Spring Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Swilley Pit & Plant	Sand, Common	Surface	Active	MSHA
Vibrantz Minerals Llc	Iron Ore	Facility	Active	MSHA
A.f. Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Armco Steel Corp	Iron	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Baytown Sulfur Plant	Sulfur	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Champion Paper	Calcium	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Charter International Oil Co	Sulfur	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Chromalloy American Corp	Barium-Barite	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Commercial Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Cordell Pit & Plant	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Deepwater Clay Pit	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Deer Park Sulfur Plant	Sulfur	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Fellow Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Fellows Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Filter Media Inc	Perlite, Vermiculite	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Forest Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Fred Dredge & Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Galena Park Gypsum Plant	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Galena Park Mill	Barium-Barite	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Genoa Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gulf Coast Clay Pit	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Hanks Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Hills No. 2 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Hockley Dome Mine	Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite		Producer	MRDS
Hockley Plant	Salt	Underground	Producer	MRDS
Hockley Salt Mill	Salt	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Houston Barite Plant	Barium-Barite	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Houston Barite,plant	Strontium, Bentonite, Barium-Barite	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Houston Cement Plant	Limestone, General	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Houston Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Houston Sulfur Plant	Sulfur	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Hughes Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Ideal Cement Clay Pit	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Ideal Cement Plant No 2	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Ideal Cement Plant No. 1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Kaiser Cement Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Laporte Perlite Plant	Perlite	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Lone Star Cement Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Lone Star Clay Pit	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Mantooth Dredge & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Mayo-Shell Road Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Pasadena Plant	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Pasadena Plant	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Pendley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Perlite of Houston Plant	Perlite	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Plant No. 2	Barium-Barite	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Rightway Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Rightway Sand Co	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Satsuma Ii	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Seabrook Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Sheldon Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Signal Sulfur Plant	Sulfur	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Southern Clay Products Inc	Bentonite	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Specialty Sand Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Swilley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Swilley Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Trinity Cement Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
U S Gypsum Calcining Plant	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Clay		Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Van Road Dredge & Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Producer	MRDS
Vermiculite Products Plant	Vermiculite	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Vestal Pit	Silica	Offshore	Producer	MRDS
Walkers Sand Inc	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Wallisvill Road Barite Plant	Barium-Barite	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Watson Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
(Facility) Atlantic Richfield Refinery	Sulfur	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
(Facility) Exxon Baytown Refinery	Sulfur	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Bean Marine	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Crosby Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Facility	Abandoned	MSHA
Excalibar Minerals Inc	Barite Barium Ore	Facility	Abandoned	MSHA
Echo Ii Sand Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Past Producer	MRDS
Gulf Coast Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Highlands Dredge & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Past Producer	MRDS
Houston Clay Pit and Plant	Clay	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Houston Plant Bauxite	Aluminum	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Humble Dome Prospect	Sulfur		Occurrence	MRDS
Humble Plant #3	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Isp	Sand, Common	Facility	Abandoned	MSHA
Katy Hockley Pit #2	Sand, Common	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Lamarr Trucking, Inc.	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Parker Bros.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Petroleum Coke Grinding, Inc.	Cement	Facility	Abandoned	MSHA
Pierce Junction Mine	Halite		Past Producer	MRDS
San Jacinto Excavation Corp	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Past Producer	MRDS
South Houston Salt Dome	Halite		Occurrence	MRDS
Townsen Sand Plant	Sand, Common	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Walker Sand Inc	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Webster Salt Dome	Halite		Occurrence	MRDS