Mines in Smyth County, Virginia
217Total
8Active
Smyth County, Virginia has 217 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 45 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.
All Mines in Smyth County
| Mine | Commodity | Type | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locust Cove Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Underground | Producer | MRDS |
| Marion Mine | Clay | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Mine No 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Mine No 3 | Clay | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Number 1 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry Number 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry Number 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Sayer Sand Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Atkin Mine | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Barlow Place Prospect | Zinc | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Barton Bank | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Barton Bank | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Bennington Prospect | Zinc | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Bennington Prospect | Zinc | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Bishop Mine | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Bishop Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Calhoun Prospect | Zinc | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Calhoun Prospect | Zinc | Surface-Underground | Prospect | MRDS |
| Calhoun Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Camp Mine | Iron | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Camp Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Catron Place Prospect | Manganese | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Chamberlain Mine | Lead | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Chestnut Mountain Prospect | Iron | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Chestnut Mountain Prospect | Iron | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Chestnut Mountain Prospect | Iron | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Copenhaver Prospect | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Copenhaver, H.p., Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Cornett-Hull Mine | Barium-Barite | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Cornett-Hull Mine | Barium-Barite | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Cornett-Hull Mine | Barium-Barite | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Cornett-Hull Mines | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Cox Prospect | Iron | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Currin Valley Mine No. 1 | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Currin Valley Mine No. 2 | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Currin Valley Mine No. 4 | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Currin Valley Mine No. 5 | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Currin Valley Mine No. 6 | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Deans Branch Prospect | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Dutton Prospect | Surface | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| East Nick Creek Mine | Iron | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| East Nick Creek Prospect | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Eller Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Eller Mine | Barium-Barite | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Faris Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Faris Mine | Barium-Barite | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Faris Mine | Barium-Barite | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Faris Prospect #2 | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Farts Mine #2 Limestone | Limestone, General | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Farts Prospect #1 | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Gardner Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| General Shale Products Pit | Clay | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Glade Mountain Mine 1910 | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Glade Mt. Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Glade Mt. Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Groseclose Prospect | Barium-Barite | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Groseclose Prospect #1 | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Groseclose Prospect #2 | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| H. P. Copenhaver Mine | Barium-Barite | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| H.p. Copenhaver Mine | Barium-Barite | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Haywood Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Henderlite Mine | Barium-Barite, Copper | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Henderlite Mine | Barium-Barite | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Henderlite Prospect | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Henderson Property Prospect | Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Hickory Ridge Mine | Iron | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Holston River Prospect | Manganese | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Hop Winn Mine | Manganese | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Hopkins Creek Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Horn Prospect | Iron | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Horton Farm Prospect | Iron | Underground | Prospect | MRDS |
| Hull Bank | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Hull Prospect | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Hutton Prospect | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Jerrys Creek Prospect | Iron | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Kyva Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Livesay Prospect | Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Livesay Prospect | Zinc | Underground | Prospect | MRDS |
| Locust Cove Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Marchand Prospect | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Martin Prospect | Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Martin Prospect | Zinc | Prospect | MRDS | |
| McCarter Prospect | Zinc | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| McCarter Prospect | Zinc | Surface-Underground | Prospect | MRDS |
| McCarter West Prospect | Zinc | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| McDonald Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| McDonald Mine | Barium-Barite | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Miles Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Miles-Gardner Mine | Barium-Barite | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Miles-Gardner Mine | Barium-Barite | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Morris Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Morris Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Myers - L. Copenhaver Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Myers-L. Copenhaver Mines | Barium-Barite | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Nelson Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| No Name Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Number 1 Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Orr Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Osborn Prospect | Zinc | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Phillipi Branch Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Pierce Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Pond Mountain Mine | Iron | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Pond Mountain Prospect | Iron | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Pond Mountain Prospect | Iron | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Pond Mountain Prospect | Iron | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Pond Mountain Prospect | Iron | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Porter Bank | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Porter Bank Mine | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Porter Bank Pits | Iron | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Porter Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Pugh and Hull Banks | Iron | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Quarry Number 1 | Limestone, General | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Quarry Number 2 | Limestone, General | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| R.n. Ward Prospect | Zinc | Underground | Prospect | MRDS |
| Red Bank | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Rich Mt. Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Richardson Pit | Clay | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Roberts Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Rock Bank | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Roland Creek Prospect | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Rye Valley Lead/zinc District | Zinc | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Rye Valley Mining Co. Mine | Zinc | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Rye Valley Mining Company Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Saltville Stone Plant | Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Savage Prospect | Surface | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Sayer Sand Co. Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Scott Prospect | Zinc | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Scott Prospect | Surface-Underground | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Scott Prospect #2 | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Shanklin Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Shanklin Mine | Barium-Barite | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Shanklin Mine #2 | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Shanklin Mine #3 | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Shanklin Prospect #1 | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Slemp Cree Prospect | Iron | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Slemp Creek Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Slemp Creek Prospect | Iron | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Sugar Grove Sand and Stone Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Sugar Grove Sand and Stone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Thomas Prospect | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Umbarger Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Umbarger Prospect | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Umbarger Prospect | Manganese | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Umbarger-Green Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Mine | Barium-Barite | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Unnamed Open Cut Mines and Prospects | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed, North Side Iron Mountain | Occurrence | MRDS | ||
| Van Hoy Prospect | Zinc | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Van Hoy Prospect | Zinc | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Walker-Forney Prospect | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Walker-Forney Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Walter C Cox Farm Occurrence | Lead | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Ward, R.n., Prospect | Lead | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Wassum Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Wassum Prospect #1 | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Wassum Prospect #2 | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Wedlight Mine 1945 | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| West McCarter Prospect | Zinc | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| West Nick Creek Prospect | Iron | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| West Nick Creek Prospect | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| White Rock Mines | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| White Rock No. 1 Mine | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| White Rock No. 3 Mine | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| White Rock No. 4 Mine | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| White Rock Number 1 Mine | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| White Rock Number 2 Mine | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Wilkinson Prospect | Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Wilkinson Prospect | Zinc | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Wright Bank | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Wright Bank | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |