Mines in Orange County, Vermont

Orange County, Vermont has 67 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 4 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is copper, with 17 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Orange County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Barnaby Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Pickett Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Pirie-Adam Quarry	Granite	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Town of Barre Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Adams Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Allenville Quarry	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Arsenic Mine (1924)	Arsenic		Past Producer	MRDS
Beedles Prospect	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Benjamin Stone Works	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Blaisdell Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Blaisdell Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Braintree Granite Quarry	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Brocklebank Hill Quarries	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Cookville Mine	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Cookville Mine	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Cookville Mine		Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Copperfield Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Dimond Property		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Dimond Property Copper Prospect	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
East Braintree Arsenic	Arsenic		Past Producer	MRDS
Elizabeth Mine	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Elizabeth Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Ely Copperfield Mine	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Ely Mine (1865)	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Ely Slate Quarry	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Eureka Mine/ Smith/union Mines	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Eureka-Union Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Fairlee Gold Mine (1902)	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Farnham Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gove Mine	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Jones Brothers Quarry	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Martins Quarry	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Orange & Gove Mine	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Orange & Gove Mines		Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Orange Mine	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Pit 2	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Pike Hill Mines (1905)	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Pirie and Adam Granite Quarries	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Portable Pioneer Crusher	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Portable Screen	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
R. E. Tucker Inc.	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Ricker Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Road Runner 5x12 Screen	Dimension Sandstone	Surface	Temporarily Idled	MSHA
Smith Mine	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Smith Mine	Copper	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
South Mine	Copper	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Towle Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Tabor Earth Extractors	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Thetford Area	Lead, Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
Thetford Hill Prospect	Zinc, Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
Thetford Zn-Pb Occurrence	Zinc	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Town Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Town of Barre Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed	Zinc, Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Copper Prospect	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Iron Location	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Molybdenum Occurrence	Molybdenum		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Ultramafic Occurrence	Talc-Soapstone		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Ultramafic Occurrence, Bethel	Stone, Dimension, Talc-Soapstone		Occurrence	MRDS
Waits River Marble Prospects	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Walker Mine	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Washington Limestone Quarries	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Wells River Quarry	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Willard B Martin	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Williamstown Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Williamstown Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS