Mines in Thurston County, Washington
126Total
14Active
Thurston County, Washington has 126 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 14 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 86 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.
All Mines in Thurston County
| Mine | Commodity | Type | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Granite | Crushed, Broken Granite | Surface | Active | MSHA |
| Lacey | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Active | MSHA |
| Littlerock | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Active | MSHA |
| Nisqually Pit | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Active | MSHA |
| Tenino | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Active | MSHA |
| Deschutes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Hanna Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Jones Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Lacey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Martin Sand & Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Nisqually Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Olympia Sand & Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Rainier Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Skookumchuck Pit | Stone | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| 14-B Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| 29th Street Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Alpine Pit | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Ames Huntly Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Apple Avenue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Army Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Bardeaux Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Bucoda Pit | Clay | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Capital Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Capitol Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Case Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Columbia Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| County Line Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Crescent Well Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Crowder Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Decatur St. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Delaney Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Delphi Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Delphi Quarry | Crushed, Broken Traprock | Surface | Temporarily Idled | MSHA |
| Duval Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Fish Portable Crusher | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Fleetwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Gate Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Gehrke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Gleason Kearney Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Grand Mound | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Grand Mound Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Grand Mound Pit and Plant | 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 |
| Grove Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Hercules Quarry | Flagstone | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Jackson's Meadow Tracts Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Jamerson Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Johnson Creek Quarry | Crushed, Broken Stone NEC | Surface | Intermittent | MSHA |
| Johnson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Jones Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Junction Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Little Rock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Longmire Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Martin Pit | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Maytown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Maytown Sand & Gravel | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| McConnell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Mima Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Mima Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Mottman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Mottman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Nisqually | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| O & K Trucking Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Olsen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Part 48 - F | Crushed, Broken Stone NEC | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Plant B | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Intermittent | MSHA |
| Page Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Peterson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Pit #7 | Crushed, Broken Stone NEC | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Pit No. 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Price Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Sandymere Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Scatter Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Sjoboen Pit & Plant | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Skookumchuck | Copper | Surface | Occurrence | MRDS |
| South Mottman Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Spencer Deposit | Diatomite | Surface | Occurrence | MRDS |
| Spurgeon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Squires Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| St. Clair Lake | Iron | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Steilacoom Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Stevens Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Sundberg Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Tallheimer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Tenino | Dimension Sandstone | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Tom Martin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Tom Martin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Tono A Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Occurrence | MRDS |
| Tono B Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Occurrence | MRDS |
| Tumwater | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Tumwater Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Tumwater Sand & Gravel Pit | Stone, Dimension | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Tumwater Sand & Gravel 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 |
| Vail Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Vincent Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Waldrick Pit | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Waldrick Road Pit | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Temporarily Idled | MSHA |
| Waldrick Screen It | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Webber Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Western Junction Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Western Quarry | Flagstone | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Wood & Son - K&m Quarries | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Yelm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |