Mines in Pierce County, Washington

Pierce County, Washington has 217 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 21 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 132 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Pierce County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
C&v Roy Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Canyon Resources	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Dupont Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Fennel Resources	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Kapowsin Quarry	Crushed, Broken Traprock	Surface	Active	MSHA
King Creek Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Lynch Creek Quarry Llc	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Portable 1	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Roy	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Sumner Pit and Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Tacoma Plant	Lime	Facility	Active	MSHA
Thun Field Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Carl G. Olson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Longmire Hot Springs	Geothermal	Geothermal	Producer	MRDS
Lynch Creek Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Sawyer It	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Stacy-Benson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Steilacoom Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Thun Field Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Valley View Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
(Facility) Asarco Refinery	Copper	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
144th St. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Anderson Island	Diatomite	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Anderson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Aztec Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Black Hawk	Gold	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Black Hawk	Gold		Unknown	MRDS
Blue Belle Prospect	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Blue Grouse and Sure Thing	Gold		Unknown	MRDS
Buck Creek Traprock	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Bunny	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Burlington Northern Quarry	Stone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Canyon Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Campbell	Gold		Unknown	MRDS
Carbon Ridge Blowdown	Stone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Carbon River	Gold, Copper, Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Christel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Christoph Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Clay City Mine	Clay, Ceramic, Refractory Mnls.	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Clay City Pits	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Clearwest-Westfork Pit	Stone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Clipper Mine	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Copper King	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
County Line Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Cowling Ridge Area	Clay	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Crescent Valley Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Crystal Mtn. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Current	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Divide	Bentonite	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Eatonville Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Enterprise Valley Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Fairfax Quarry	Flagstone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Fife Sand & Gravel	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Firwood Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Fredrickson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Fredrickson Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Golden Rule	Zinc	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gregg Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hall Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Heidinger Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hicks Pit	Flagstone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Holroyd Land Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hylebus Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Jones Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Kapowsin Tree Farm	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
La Grande	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lakeland Hills	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Lakeview Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lakewood Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lidford Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lundblad Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Marine View S & G	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Marshall Ave. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mashel	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Mashel River	Perlite	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Mashel River Prospect	Mercury	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
McKinney Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
McMillan	Calcium	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
McNeil Island Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Meadow Park Pit & Mill	Limestone, Dimension	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Messler Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Milcane Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Milky Creek	Perlite	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Mowich Rock Stockpile	Crushed, Broken Traprock	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Nisqually Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Norm's Auto Wrecking Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
North Hill Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Ockfen Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Ogle Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Ogren Placer	Gold	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Pack Forest Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Parkland	Diatomite	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Peterson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Pierce County Rock Quarry	Crushed, Broken Traprock	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Pit 19n-10e-22	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Plant Ii	Sand, Common	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Prairie Creek	Graphite	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Puyallup Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Randle's Lynch Creek Quarry Llc,port.cru	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Reichein Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Road 0602 Pit 1818	Stone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Road 194 End Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Roy	Diatomite	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Rushing River	Uranium	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Siegmund Ranch	Silica	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Silver Creek	Gold, Silver, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Silver Creek	Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Silver Creek	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Silver Creek Gold & Lead	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Silver Creek Gold & Lead	Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Silver Creek Gold & Lead	Gold		Unknown	MRDS
Silver Creek Placer	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Silver Creek Placer	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Silver Creek Placer	Gold	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sound Refining Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Spinning Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sprague & S. Tacoma Way Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Starbonit	Copper	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Steilacoom Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Steilacoom Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Sumner Mine	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Sumner Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sunset Quarry	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Surprise	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Tacoma Reduction Plant	Aluminum, Contained or Metal	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Tacoma Silver Mine #42	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Tillie and Larigo	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Shaft	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Walker Quarry		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Waller Road It	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Washington Cascade	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Weathers Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
White River B	Sulfur	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
White River G	Perlite	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Wilkeson Sandstone Quarry Llc	Crushed, Broken Sandstone	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Wise Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Woodworth Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS