Mines in Skamania County, Washington

Skamania County, Washington has 187 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 6 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is copper, with 59 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Skamania County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
North Bonneville Quarry	Crushed, Broken Traprock	Surface	Active	MSHA
R&m Washougal Quarry	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Moffett's Hot Springs	Geothermal	Geothermal	Producer	MRDS
Peterson Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Rock Creke Hot Spring	Geothermal	Geothermal	Producer	MRDS
St. Martin Hot Springs	Geothermal	Geothermal	Producer	MRDS
Athens	Copper		Unknown	MRDS
Bethany	Volcanic Materials	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Black Hornet	Copper		Unknown	MRDS
Black Jack	Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Black Jack Prospect	Copper, Silver, Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Blue Bird	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Blue Bird Prospect	Silver, Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Blue Lake Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Bonanza	Lead		Unknown	MRDS
Bonanza Prospect	Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Bronze Monarch	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Bronze Monarch Mine	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Broughton Lumber Co. Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Brown and Livingston	Gold	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Brown and Livingston Prospect	Silver, Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Bruhn	Gold	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Bruhn Prospect	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Bumble Bee	Copper		Unknown	MRDS
Bumblebee Prospect	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Camp Creek		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Camp Creek Mine	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Camp Creek Placer	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Camp Creek Placer	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Cedarbrook	Pumice	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Chicago	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Chicago Prospect	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Clearwater Creek	Pumice	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Coe	Copper	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Commonwealth	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Commonwealth Mine	Copper, Zinc, Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
Cooke Grade Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Cooks Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Copper Bottom	Copper		Unknown	MRDS
Copper Bottom Prospect	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Copper Canyon Mines	Copper	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Copper Dyke	Copper		Unknown	MRDS
Cross Lode	Silver		Unknown	MRDS
Crystal	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Crystal Prospect	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Curley Creek Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Deadman Lake	Pumice	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Dietderich Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Dixie Queen Group	Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
Dixie Queen Group	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Draughon Pit	Pumice	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
East St. Helens	Pumice	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Elk Horn Nos. 1, 2, 3	Copper		Unknown	MRDS
Fisher	Gold		Unknown	MRDS
Gensman Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Germania	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Gillot	Perlite	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Goat Mountain	Pumice	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Goat Mountain Prospect	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Golconda Mine	Gold	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
Green River A	Pumice	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Green River B	Pumice	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Green River C	Pumice	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Grizzly Creek	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Grizzly Creek Mine	Silver, Gold, Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Gulden Copper Prospect	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Hamilton Creek Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hamilton Mountain Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hudson and Meyers	Gold	Placer	Prospect	MRDS
Independence	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Independence Mine	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Index Group	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Insurance	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Jc Portable 1	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Johnson	Gold	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Johnson Prospect	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Juanita	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Kangaroo Group	Zinc, Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
Kangaroo Group	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Keller Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Keller Pit No. 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Kentucky Belle	Silver		Unknown	MRDS
Knudson & Myers	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Knudson and Myers	Gold	Placer	Prospect	MRDS
Last Chance	Copper	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Last Chance Mine	Copper, Vanadium, Gold, Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Last Hope Group	Silver, Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Lookout Trail A	Pumice	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Lookout Trail B	Pumice	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Margaret	Copper, Molybdenum		Prospect	MRDS
Maybee Mine	Copper, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Maybee Mine	Copper	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
McC Nos. 1 and 2 Claims	Copper	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
McCoy Creek Placer	Gold	Placer	Prospect	MRDS
McCuiston B & M Lode	Copper	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
McCuiston C & M Lode	Copper	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Miners Queen		Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Miners Queen Mine	Copper, Molybdenum		Past Producer	MRDS
Minnie Alice Prospect	Silver, Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Minnie Lee Group	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Morning	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Morning Prospect	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Mount Fairy	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Mountain Chief	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Mountain Chief Prospect	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Mountain King	Copper		Unknown	MRDS
Mountain Springs	Copper		Prospect	MRDS
Northern Light	Copper		Unknown	MRDS
Northwestern	Copper		Unknown	MRDS
Norway	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Norway Mine	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Norway-Sweden Group	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
P.f.r.	Gold		Unknown	MRDS
Perry	Gold		Unknown	MRDS
Perry Prospect	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Pipeline Pit	Stone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Placer Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4	Volcanic Materials	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Plamondon	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Plamondon Prospect	Silver, Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Polar Star Mine	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Primary Gold	Gold	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Primary Gold Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Rainbow	Silver, Gold, Lead, Vanadium, Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Rainbow	Vanadium	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Rainbow Prospect	Semiprecious Gemstone	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Ranger Station	Pumice	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Ripper and Chief	Copper		Unknown	MRDS
Ryan Lake	Pumice	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
S. Spirit Lake	Pumice	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Sampson		Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Schmidt Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Short Shift Nos. 1-6 Claims	Pumice	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Silver Creek	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Silver Creek Prospect	Zinc, Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
Silver Queen Lode	Copper	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Silver Star Project	Copper	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Siouxon Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Skamania Mine	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Skamania Mine	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Snowflake	Lead		Unknown	MRDS
St. Charles Lake	Pumice	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
St. Helens Lake	Pumice	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Stevenson	Aluminum	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Stevenson	Perlite	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Stevenson	Diatomite	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Stevenson Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Strawberry Lookout	Pumice	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Sweden	Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc		Occurrence	MRDS
Sweden Mine	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Sweeney Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Swift Creek A	Pumice	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Swift Creek B	Pumice	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Texas Gulch Placer	Gold	Placer	Occurrence	MRDS
Toledo	Copper		Unknown	MRDS
Toledo and Cinnabar Claims	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Tripple J Nos. 1 and 2	Volcanic Materials	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Underwood Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Underwood Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
United Group	Silver, Gold, Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Stone	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Washington	Copper		Unknown	MRDS
Washougal River	Kyanite	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Williams Mine	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Wind Mountain Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Wind River	Semiprecious Gemstone	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Wind River Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Wind River Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Yacolt	Silica	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Yellow Jacket Mine	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Yellow Metals	Copper		Unknown	MRDS
Yellow Metals Prospect	Silver, Gold, Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Young America Group	Silver, Gold, Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Young America Group	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Zinc Creek	Zinc	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Zinc Creek Prospect	Lead, Copper, Zinc		Occurrence	MRDS