Mines in Albemarle County, Virginia

Albemarle County, Virginia has 56 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 8 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is iron, with 11 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Albemarle County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Charlottesville Plant	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Old Dominion	Soapstone, Crushed Dimension	Surface	Active	MSHA
Red Hill Quarry	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Albemarle Trophy Mine No 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Quarry Number 24	Stone, Dimension, Talc-Soapstone		Producer	MRDS
Quarry Number 24	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Red Hill Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Shadwell Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Alberene Stone Quarry No 6	Talc-Soapstone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Berkeley Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Charlottesville Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
County Line Branch Prospect	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Cox Quarry	Slate, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Culpeper Branch Prospect	Barium-Barite		Occurrence	MRDS
E J Wright Occurrence	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Esmont Quarry	Slate, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Faber Mine	Lead, Zinc		Past Producer	MRDS
Faber Mine	Fluorine-Fluorite	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Farm and Home Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Garland Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hensley Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
J.d. Burton Farm			Occurrence	MRDS
Look Mountain Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Monticello Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Moores Creek Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Naylor-Bruce Prospect	Graphite		Occurrence	MRDS
North Garden Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Ohio Sulphur Mining Co. Mine	Sulfur	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Proffit Mine	Sulfur-Pyrite		Past Producer	MRDS
Red Hill Quarry	Granite		Past Producer	MRDS
Red Hill Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Rivana River Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Rivanna Plant	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Serpentine Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Soapstone Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Soapstone Quarry	Lead, Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Stony Point Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Stony Point Mine	Iron	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Superior Stone Company Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Thomas Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Mine	Graphite	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Gemstone		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Barium-Barite		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Lead, Zinc		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Williamson S L No 2 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Williamson S L No 3 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Youngs Farm Prospect	Iron		Prospect	MRDS