Mines in Vilas County, Wisconsin

Vilas County, Wisconsin has 137 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 9 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 128 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Vilas County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Blatkowski Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Duffek Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Pitlick & Wick Inc Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Rhinehart Constr., Inc. Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Richter Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Trapp Brothers Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Vilas County Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Vilas County Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Wilbert Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Anvil Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Arnett Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Big Arbor Vitae Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Big Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Big Portage Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Bittersweet Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Boot Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Broken Bow Lake Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Broken Bow Lake Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Broken Bow Lake Pit #3	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Carlin Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Carpenter Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Chamberlain Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Conover District	Iron		Unknown	MRDS
County Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Croker Road Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Crusher 2	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Crusher 3	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Dakota Rd Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Day Lake Rd Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Decker Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Deer Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Devils Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Eagle Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Eagle Lake Rd Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Eagle River Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
East Buckatabon Rd Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Edward Thompson Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Eleanore Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Ewald Anderson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Fence Lake Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Flambeau Lake Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Forest Lake Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Forest Lake Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Frank Lake Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Frank Lake Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Gene Lake Gravel Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gene Lake Gravel Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Hungry Lake Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Ike Walton Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Island Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Jerms Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Johnson Lake Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Jute Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Klondike Lake Gravel Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Kollman Rd Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lac Des Fleurs Gravel Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Lac Des Fleurs Gravel Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Lac Du Flambeau Station Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lac Vieux Desert Gravel Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Lac Vieux Desert Gravel Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Larson Wash Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Little Arbor Vitae Lake Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Little Arbor Vitae Lake Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Little Arbor Vitae Lake Pit #3	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Little Bateau Lake Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Little Bateau Lake Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Little Bateau Lake Pit #3	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Little Bateau Lake Pit #4	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Little John Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Little Papoose Lake Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Little Papoose Lake Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Little Spider Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Long Lake Gravel Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Long Lake Gravel Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Lost Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lower Sugarbush Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Manitowish River Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mann Creek Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Maple Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
McKinney Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Middle Sugarbush Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Military Creek Gravel Pitt	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Monheim Road Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Mud Creek Gravel Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Mud Creek Gravel Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Mud Creek Gravel Pit #3	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Mud Creek Gravel Pit #4	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Mud Creek Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Muskeg Lake Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Muskrat Creek Road Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Nelson Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
North Twin Lake Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Noseeum Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Nudist Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Ontonagon River Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Palmer Rd Gravel Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Palmer Rd Gravel Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Phelps Gravel Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Phelps Gravel Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Phelps Gravel Pit #3	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Phelps Gravel Pit #4	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Pinkeye Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Pioneer Creek Gravel Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Pioneer Creek Gravel Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Pioneer Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Pioneer Lake Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Plum Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Rade Lake Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Rainbow Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Rice Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Roach Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Ross Allen Lake Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sell Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Shangri La Lane Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Ski Hill Road Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Small Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Spirit Lake Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Star Creek Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sundstein Road Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Trapp Brothers Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Trapp and Sons Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Trilby Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Trilby Lake Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Trout Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Universal	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Van Vliet Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Vance Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Vandercook Lake Gravel Deposits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Wash Plant 1	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
West Plum Lake Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Wildcat Lake Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Wildcat Lake Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Winchester Gravel Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Winchester Gravel Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Wisconsin River Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Wishow Lake Rd Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Woodruff Wash Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA